The West Columbia City Council will hold its Regular Council Meeting at 6 p.m. on  Tuesday (Dec. 1) in Council Chambers  at City Hall, 200 N. 12th Street  West Columbia. Meeting agenda: REQUESTS FOR APPEARANCES/CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD 8.1. Mr. Matt Mundy with Estates, Inc., Re: Presentation on PUD Development at […]

A group of Special Olympic athletes need funds to participate in Special Olympics. To earn money to go to the Special Olympics, those students are making signs. The signs are for sale. While the signs can be made for any time of the year, they are especially in-demand around the […]

The forecast for Friday, Saturday and Sunday in the Cayce-West Columbia and Springdale area is warm and sunny. The leaves are turning and falling, but the temperatures are rising. For the four days of Thanksgiving, highs of 70 are expected each day. And lows are expected to be in the […]

The Springdale Police Department arrested four people and charged them with drug-related crimes. Officers responded to a drug complaint at a local hotel on Cherokee Lane, Wednesday, according to an announcement from Springdale Police Chief Kevin Coronett. A caller reported the suspicion of illegal drug activity to police. Officers attempting to get […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person who was killed in a single vehicle accident in the early morning hours of Thursday. Shalonda Monique Duncan, 24, of Gaston was was pronounced dead at the scene from the injuries she suffered in the accident.  Duncan was […]

Phase 1 of the Cayce Riverwalk is OPEN. A message from the City of Cayce says the Cayce Parks Department has been busy and worked hard to get Phase 1 back open.

This photo was taken in 1937, when what is now West Columbia was called New Brookland. It depicts  several leaders of New Brookland. Many of the descendants of some of these men are active in the West Columbia community. The names are available and will be posted in a few […]

This photograph is in the Richland County Public Library. It’s a photo of the Congaree River Bridge ca. 1900. The reproduction of a photograph is in the the library’s Bicentennial collection.  Notes: Title from photograph: The bridge pictured was completed in 1872 and constructed of steel and wooden flooring resting on granite […]

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Damontrez O’neil Anthony (DOB: 1993) of West Columbia. He was arrested on three charges connected to the sexual solicitation of a minor.  The South Carolina Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office, a member of the […]