Most West Columbia car crashes in February occurred on Augusta Road

The West Columbia Police Department published data regarding car wrecks and other crime statistics for the month of February. It shows that most traffic accidents happened on Augusta Road. WCPD STATS page Here’s the Data:Augusta Road at Dreher Road – 5 crashes; Augusta Road at Chris Drive – 3 crashes, […]

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Inaugural Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Cares Foundation Riverwalk Rabbit Run is March 30 – Sign Up Now

The Inaugural Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Cares Foundation Riverwalk Rabbit Run 5K is at 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at Stone River, 121 Alexander Rd., West Columbia. Click here to sign up The event is hosted by C-WC Chamber’s Cares Foundation and Strictly Running. Funds raised will benefit the mission […]

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Cayce Fire Department’s Save A Life Day is March 16, with Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Taylor Watford Foundation

The City of Cayce Fire Department Save A Life Day 2024 is from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Granby Gardens Park, 1800 12th St. Cayce. There will also be an Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Taylor Watford Foundation. Also, there will be bouncy houses and a kid’s area; […]

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Lyndsey Ebener, Brookland-Cayce graduate and USC Law School student, wins prestigious Burton Award for finest law school writers

Brookland-Cayce High School graduate Lyndsey Ebener is a University of South Carolina (Joseph F. Rice) School of Law student. She has been selected for a Burton Award, a national program associated with the Library of Congress and presented by Law360, and co-sponsored by the American Bar Association. The award recognizes […]

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West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy wins State Basketball Championship

West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy won the AA State Basketball Championship Friday. The War Eagles defeated Oceanside Academy 44-40 at the Florence Civic Center. It is the sixth State Basketball crown for Gray Head Coach Dion Bethea. The War Eagles were down by as many as 13-points in the first-half, […]

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Cayce Elementary participates in the Gamecock Polar Plunge to raise money for Special Olympics

Cayce Elementary showed that it is all in – literally – for the kids. The school participated in the 2024 Gamecock Polar Plunge earlier this week at the Maxcy Gregg Center in Columbia. Cayce Elementary raised more than $600 for Polar Plunge from community members and Cayce families from a […]

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Lexington 2 Transition Fair for parents and/or guardians of special needs students is Tuesday

The second annual Lexington 2 Transition Fair is Tuesday, March 5. This event will be held at the Innovation Center beginning at 5:30pm and ending at 7 pm. It is geared toward parents and/or guardians of students who are being served by special services in the Lexington 2 school district. […]

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Man wanted by Lexington Police in connection to sex crimes case involving a child is arrested by U.S. Marshals

The U.S. Marshals Carolinas Regional Fugitive Task Force in coordination with the Lexington Police Department and Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, located and safely arrested on Feb. 21 a man wanted by the Lexington Police Department for sexual crimes involving a child.    Taz Michael Johnson, 27, was wanted for sexual […]

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Richland County man arrested, charged in Lexington County stabbings

Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of trying to kill two men at an apartment complex earlier this year. Zedekiah Germaine Coleman, 35, is charged with two counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Through […]

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Woman who died in Lexington County crash is identified by coroner

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single-vehicle accident in the 1100 block of Whetstone Road in the Swansea area of Lexington County at approximately 11:57 A.M., Thursday. According to Fisher, Ms. Riccy Noelia Menocal Rosales, 31, of Barnwell, was traveling westbound on Whetstone […]

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