Two people died in a fire early Wednesday morning in Richland County. Crews responded to a house fire just before 12:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of Chain Gang Road in Eastover. According to Columbia Fire the house was engulfed in flames by the time CFS units arrived. Firefighters found […]

The City of West Columbia hosted a mask pickup for local law enforcement agencies and chambers of commerce for the region, on Wednesday, at the West Columbia City Hall. Congressman Joe Wilson was contacted by SC Health to coordinate the distribution of 10,000 masks. Half of those were given to […]

There is much appreciation for West Columbia’s Riverwalk. Seth Robertson, a high-schooler from Forest Acres said he was tired of sitting at home and watching TV, so he and fellow high school student Lucy Denouden of Rosewood, came to West Columbia’s Riverwalk, Tuesday. “It’s good to get outside,” said Robertson. […]

West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy is part of a lawsuit in Greenville that says the S.C. High School League is unfairly targeting charter schools and private schools. According to the lawsuit, filed on behalf of 12 schools, a new SCHL rule bars “most students who choose to attend a public […]

The Board of Trustees of Lexington School District Two will hold their Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (May 21), at 7:00 p.m.  The meeting will be conducted remotely and may be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/user/LexingtonTwo/live.  Some of the items included on the agenda include consideration of adding water-bottle filling adapter at […]

The road has been cleared after a collision on East Main Street (US-1) at Library Hill in Lexington, Tuesday morning. The crash had inbound lanes blocked and only one outbound lane was open. The collision was caused by a driver disregarding the red light.

In a sure sign toward recovery, hair salons and barbers opened Monday. Former West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton, who said he needed a haircut badly, was up early. “I got a haircut Monday morning,” he said. Horton had gone more than two months without a haircut because barbers, and all […]

Is the worst over? On Thursday, May 21, the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber will hold its first post-virus Ribbon Cutting and After Hours. It will be held Old School Automotive and Tire located at 111 North 12th Street in West Columbia behind SAFE Federal Credit Union. The drop-in Open House […]

Starting today (5/18), Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands is offering a new day care site for children of essential workers at West Columbia’s Riverbank Elementary School. It’s available for children ages 5-12, from 7:30 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. Monday-thru- Friday. The day care is using temperature checks and other […]

Plans are being made for a new hotel on a lot at 1072 and 1076 Chris Circle. The City of West Columbia has annexed 1.77 acres on property that was once the site of Millander’s Barbeque. It’s behind the site of Starbuck’s and Salsarita’s, and where the new Happy China […]