The S.C. Department of Transportation issued a status report at 8:36 a.m. Lexington County is in Engineering District 1. Conditions throughout the state include rain, freezing rain, and snow. Temperatures currently range from a high of 40 degrees in Lexington County to a low of 30 degrees in York County. […]

The food pantry at LICS has the ability to better serve clients. “We were given some freezers from Lexington County,” said Anna Smith, director of community relations for Lexington Interfaith Community Services, or LICS. With that new cooling capacity, LICS can now keep fresh poultry on-site to distribute from its food […]

The Cayce-West Columbia area could see a wintry mix of sleet, snow and ice this weekend. Weather officials are saying that it is likely the Midlands will receive as a winter storm moves across the Carolinas. The National Weather Service has issued a freezing rain advisory for Friday and Saturday […]

Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Lexington County, on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The event begins at 7 p.m. at Harmon Tree Farm – 3152 Augusta Road Gilbert. Doors open at 5:00 pm. Trump is a candidate to become the Republican Party nominee in November’s 2016 presidential election. Trump is the front […]

A person on a bicycle was killed Thursday morning after a car and a bicycle collided in Cayce, Sgt. Evan Antley, of Cayce Public Safety, confirmed the fatal accident occurred. The crashed happened in the southbound lanes of 12th Street Extension between SCANA Parkway and Saxe Gotha Road. Officers responded to […]

IMPORTANT TRAFFIC UPDATE: A vehicle collision has taken place on the for the southbound lanes from SCANA Parkway to Saxe Gotha. Officers are diverting traffic around the Medical Park at Otarre Pointe. Please take extra precautions and find an alternate route if possible.

Estates Co. multi-million-dollar project, dubbed Brookland, can move forward. West Columbia City Council passed an ordinance, Wednesday, to rezone the four-plus acres at State and Meeting streets from Commercial 2, to a Planned Unit Development (PUD.) The vote was approved 7-1, with only Councilman Tem Miles opposing it. The plan […]

The Gray Collegiate Academy (GCA) Boys finished 4-0 at the I.A.A./McDonald’s MLK National Invitational Basketball Tournament held in the Virgin Islands. Gray’s Executive Director Todd Helms issued a press release Wednesday. GCA is a charter school in West Columbia. The War Eagles  won four games over three days including the […]

West Columbia Opens Another Section of Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater After Flooding The City of West Columbia  has opened a second section of the Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk and Amphitheater on Wednesday. West Columbia officials have opened the Riverside Drive parking area and the walkway […]