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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 […]

Lexington County man gets 20 years in connection to I-20 overpass shooting

Brandon Coleman, a 24 year old Batesburg man, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the 2016 shooting of multiple vehicles along Interstate 20 in Lexington County. Suzanne Mayes, from the Office of 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard announced the sentence Tuesday. Coleman was sentenced following a plea […]

Cayce-West Columbia Chamber promotes West Columbia’s Triangle City TIF to revitalize properties

The Greater Cayce West Columbia Chamber of Commerce supports the City of West Columbia’s Triangle City Tax Increment Financing District (the “Triangle City TIF”). City of West Columbia created the Triangle City TIF, which consists of 428 parcels and covers 290 acres. A map of the Triangle City TIF is […]

Lexington woman killed while running, leaves husband, 3 children- memorial fundraiser shows outpouring

Dianne Wells, 36, of Lexington was struck by a vehicle and killed early Tuesday morning. She was part of a fitness group called Females in Action or FiA. Wells was a wife and the mother of three children. The accident that took her life occurred at approximately 5:10 a.m., on […]

West Columbia woman, Columbia man killed in crash on I-26 in Cayce

The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a collision that killed two people Monday morning on I-26 close to I-77. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, a driver was traveling in the wrong direction and collided with a second vehicle on I-26 E at the 116 mile-marker in Lexington County. […]

Lexington County man accused of possessing child pornography

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Dieter Karl Bartschat, 65, of Chapin, on 20 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Homeland […]

Lexington County Coroner identifies man who died in motorcycle crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a vehicle collision that occurred in the 5100 block of Platt Springs Road. It happened at approximately 3:15 p.m., Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Leonard P. Morrow, 70, of Lexington was pronounced dead at the scene. Mr. Morrow […]

Dominion deal to buy Cayce-based SCANA approved by Public Service Commission

The Public Service Commission of South Carolina voted to approve the merger between Dominion Energy, Inc. and SCANA Corporation, Friday, for $14.6 billion. SCANA is the Cayce-based parent company for South Carolina Electric and Gas. Conditions of the merger are to be outlined later as part of a written order that is […]