AFP-SC to Pay Gas Tax for Drivers on Wednesday Event at Lexington Gas Station highlights how much gas tax already costs South Carolinians. Americans for Prosperity-South Carolina will be at a Lexington gas station this week, paying the gas tax burden for hard-working commuters in order to highlight how much […]

Dr. Ben Carson was in West Columbia Monday evening. He spoke at the Brookland Baptist Church  Banquet and Conference Center. Carson, who is running to be the GOP 2016 nominee for president, was the guest of The Conservative Leadership Project’s Presidential Forum Series. It is moderated by South Carolina Attorney General […]

Lexington County deputies responded to two armed robberies at truck stops off Interstate 20 early this morning. The 44 Truck stop was robbed about 4 a.m. The Hill View Truck Stop was robbed about 4:45 a.m.  Suspects in both armed robberies matched the same description and drove the same type of car. […]

There was a bomb threat made to the West Columbia Walmart, before 9 p.m., Sunday. The threat that there were explosives in the store on Augusta Road, resulted in the closing of the store briefly after the threat was called in. The building was cleared of customers while personnel from […]

Rocketman, a tribute to Sir Elton John, played to a capacity crowd at the Koger Center for the Arts, Saturday Night. Greg Bickley, and his band, Tokyo, Joe performed to perfection, Elton John songs, including Your Song and Philadelphia Freedom, and all the other favorites. Former WIS-TV personality Hanna Horne […]

Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are asking for the public’s help as they work to identify two individuals related to a financial fraud case. Two men presented and attempted to cash a check on Dec. 8 at the First Citizens Bank in the 2800 block of Sunset Boulevard […]

The letter (below) from the Cayce-West Columbia Board of Directors was issued, by Chamber CEO Gregg Pinner, Friday afternoon: On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce, I would like to express its support for the Estates & Companies proposed Brookland Development in […]

There is support for the Brookland project proposed for West Columbia’s Vista.  On Jan 5, West Columbia City Council voted to table an ordinance to rezone the property at State and Meeting streets, after some residents questioned plans. Until the high-profile, four-plus acres in the vista are zoned for a […]