Joe Taylor receives West Columbia Beautification Foundation’s Quarterly Appearance Award

Joe Taylor of Southland Capital partners has been presented with the Quarterly Appearance Award by the West Columbia Beautification Foundation. Taylor, center, is with Melissa Sprouse-Browne, chairwoman of the WCBF and Bill Mooneyhan vice chairman. At the WCBF meeting, Board members discussed the annual Tribute to Trees. The Tribute for […]

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Black Rooster opens to the public at 5 p.m. Tuesday

Black Rooster opens in West Columbia at 5 p.m. Tuesday. It will “be in the “soft opening” mode,” this week according to a post on the restaurant’s Facebook page. The French restaurant is a brasserie or bistro-type establishment. It’s at the lower corner of the Brookland complex overlooking the scenic […]

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Piecewise Coffee Company holds ribbon-cutting on State Street in Cayce

Piecewise Coffee Company was surrounded by friends, family, local residents and community leaders, when it officially opened with a ribbon-cutting Monday. It’s at 2001 State Street, Cayce. Cayce Mayor Elise Partin and Mayor Pro Tem Tara Almond, with Executive Director Richard Skipper of the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber – and […]

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Federal Jury convicts West Columbia man on several drug and weapons counts

United States Attorney Sherri A. Lydon announced Monday that after a 3-day trial and 2 hours of deliberation, a federal jury found Dayquan O’Neal Phillips, 23, of Lexington County, guilty of 10 counts: four counts of Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 3 counts of Possession of a Firearm in […]

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Coroner identifies West Columbia man found dead in Columbia

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the individual who was found unresponsive sitting on a park bench Friday morning at the intersection of Montgomery Street and S. Holly Street, in the Rosewood section of Columbia. Hunter Craig Hollingsworth, 58, of Grove Lane, West Columbia, was found […]

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Dr. Shirley McClerklin-Motley recognized at Brookland Baptist

West Columbia Mayor Horton presented a resolution from West Columbia City Council recognizing Dr. Shirley McClerklin-Motley for her 70th Birthday.  McClerklin-Motley  was also recognized for her accomplishment of attaining her PhD in Social Work, and recent retirement.

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REMINDER – Next Recycling Drop-off Saturday is Aug. 10

Need to drop off old electronics, papers to shred, household waste materials, and Goodwill Industries International, Inc. donations? The next Recycling Drop-off Event for County of Lexington residents will be held Saturday, Aug. 10, at Lexington High School.

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Fire extinguished at Augusta Road pizza restaurant, Friday morning

Lexington County Fire Services units responded to a commercial structure fire in the 4300 block of Augusta Road just before 4:30 a.m. Friday. Upon arrival, units could see smoke coming from the structure. Firefighters made short work in extinguishing the fire and preventing it from destroying the building that is […]

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Tax-free Weekend begins Friday, until Sunday

It’s Tax Free Weekend in Cayce, West Columbia, Lexington County and all of South Carolina. Clothes, computers, and school supplies are on the list of items that can be bought with no sales tax charged. South Carolina’s annual Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday and lasts until Sunday, August 2 – […]

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Census workers being hired for 2020 Census in Lexington County

The U.S. Census Bureau is hiring this fall and into next year for temporary work in Lexington County. The jobs pay as much as $14.50 an hour and work-related mileage and expenses are reimbursed. T be be eligible, an applicant for a Census Bureau job must be at least 18 […]

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