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Grind your greens, and get mulch back – Tree drop-off locations

Grind your greens, and get mulch back Springdale Mayor Michael Bishop is reminding residents that here is a green way to dispose of your Christmas tree when it comes time to throw it away. Keep the Midlands Beautiful has created a program called “Grinding of the Greens” where you can […]

No trash pick-up Monday and Tuesday – West Columbia – Cayce holiday Sanitation pick-up reminder

The City of West Columbia will not collect yard trash during the week of Christmas. Sanitation Services for the week of Christmas and New Year’s Day are as follows: Usual pick-up day Monday, December 24: Household garbage ONLY will be collected on Thursday, December 27 Usual pick-up day Tuesday, December […]

Student artwork featured at Art on State

Amelia H. (pictured left) was selected as the first place winner of the West Columbia holiday art competition. She was announced as the winner at the West Columbia Tree Lighting ceremony, Dec. 7. Her art work was on the cover of the tree lighting program, It is also featured on […]

Full moon visible, even after sunrise

Have you noticed the full moon in the last few days? It has not only been big and bright when it rises in the evening; the moon is visible past sunrise. Here is a photo over Northside Middle School in West Columbia. There was also a thick frost covering the […]

Man who died in officer involved shooting Saturday is identified

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon notified the public around 4:15 a.m. Saturday morning of an officer-involved shooting that occurred around 10:45 Friday night on Founders Road at Founders Boulevard in Lexington. Ronald Scott Jenkins, 55, suffered a gunshot wound and died after being transported to a hospital, according to Lexington […]

City of Cayce holiday sanitation schedule

December 24 and December 25 will be picked up Wednesday, December 26 (household garbage only!) January 1 Household garbage, yard trash and recyclables will be picked up on Wednesday, January 2.

West Columbia Christmas, New Year Holiday sanitation, office schedule published

The City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, December 24, 25, and 26, 2018, in observance of the Christmas holidays. Regular hours will resume on Thursday, December 27, 2018. City Hall offices will also be closed on Tuesday, January 1, 2019, in observance of […]

Christmas 2018 – West Columbia is thriving, a good year for business

It’s the weekend before Christmas and West Columbia is in a festive spirit thanks to a very good year for many. The city is on pace in 2018 to record an 80 percent increase in the number of business licenses it issues. “It has been a super busy year,” said […]

Cayce-West Columbia Chamber supports proposed TIF, Lexington 2 not decided

The Lexington Two School Board has not yet decided if it will support a proposed tax plan designed to improve a large portion of West Columbia, but the Chamber has. The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce – earlier this week – sent a letter to members in support of […]

Lexington Police officers help deliver baby in parking lot

Sgt. Bill Hobbs and Cpl. Nic Beza of the Lexington Police Department helped deliver a baby in a vehicle in a Lexington parking lot, Tuesday morning. The parents, on the way to the hospital, had to take a detour because of a blocked interstate. According to an LPD report the […]