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West Columbia City Hall will be closed on Thursday, July 4

City Hall will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Household garbage and recycling will not be collected on Thursday, July 4. July 4 customers will have their household garbage ONLY collected on Friday, July 5

Riverbank Elementary offers Early Bird registration dates, Open House in August

Register and pay school fees on August 1st and 6th from 8 am-4 pm. Find out who your teacher is. Teachers will not be present on this day. You can meet your child’s teacher at Open House on August 15.

Decorative paintings in West Columbia’s old City Hall spark interest

Some unique and decorative paintings were found in the upper corners of the Court Room of the old Brookland City Hall and Fire Station. It’s on Center Street and was built in 1925. The City of West Columbia, on its Facebook page, released photos of the paintings and local residents […]

Coroner identifies the 2 people killed in Cayce motorcycle collision, Friday

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identities of the two individuals killed in a car and motorcycle collision. It occurred in the 2800 block of Charleston Highway at approximately 7 p.m. on Friday. According to Fisher, Mr. Melvin Clyde Horton, Jr., 54, of Cayce, and Ms. Heidi Joy […]

Kellan Fenegan, of Lexington, crowned the new Miss S.C. Teen

Kellan Fenegan of Lexington was crowned the new Miss South Carolina Teen, Friday night at the Township Auditorium in Columbia. Fenegan is the Miss Columbia and a River Bluff High School student. With the crown. Miss S.C. Teen will receive a $10,000 savings bond, and she will represent South Carolina […]

2 killed in car – motorcycle accident in Cayce, Friday

Two people are dead after a car and motorcycle accident in Cayce, Friday evening. Sgt Evan Antley of the Cayce Department of Public safety said a call was received around 7:24 p.m regarding a car-and-motorcycle collision. It occurred in the 2800 block of Charleston Highway at Dixiana Road, near the […]

West Columbia Police make arrests for copper theft

The West Columbia Police Department has made 3 arrests in the ongoing investigation of numerous copper thefts in the City of West Columbia. Between May 2, and June 25, residents and business owners experienced the theft of copper and damage to air conditioning units at approximately 20 different locations throughout […]

Couple stole truck, and was trafficking meth, says Lexington County Sheriff Department

Lexington County deputies arrested a man and a woman Wednesday in connection to drug paraphernalia and a gun found in a truck that was reported stolen. According to arrest warrants, Amber Michelle Clay Hoffman, 25, is charged with trafficking meth and possessing a weapon during a violent crime. A second […]

West Columbia is a tourist destination for 4th of July- Catch the fireworks, too

The Fourth of July is next Thursday and West Columbia will be the epicenter for eco-tourism on that day. “It’s our busiest day of the year,” said Michael Mayo, owner of Palmetto Outdoors. “The volume will be tremendous.” Much of the Palmetto Outdoors activity takes place at the West Columbia […]

I-20 Westbound Exit Ramp (Exit 61) to be closed for 4 hours early Friday morning

On Friday (June 28) the I-20 Westbound Exit Ramp (Exit 61) will be closed from midnight Friday until 4 a.m. Friday for construction. The construction is part of the Ginny Lane/ I-20 Exit Ramp Improvement Project. The Exit ramp is between Lexington and West Columbia, and feeds traffic onto US […]