SCE&G (South Carolina Electric & Gas 2 p.m. Friday Update: SCE&G reopened one spill gate at the Saluda Hydro facility at noon today. We are continuing to monitor lake levels to determine if additional actions will be necessary over the next 24 hours. For safety reasons, please avoid the Lake Murray […]

At 8:30 p.m. Thursday SCE&G announced that it would completely close a spill gate “Due to continued reductions to inflows into Lake Murray.” But at 9 a.m. Friday, SCE&G announced “Due to continued inflows into Lake Murray overnight, SCE&G will be reopening one spill gate at the Saluda Hydro facility. […]

Lake Murray is filling up and SCE&G is opening its spillway to discharge water in into the Saluda and Congaree rivers, to lower the lake’s level. The only other time the floodgates of the Lake Murray Dam have been opened – since 1969 – was in October. In October the […]

West Columbia Temporarily Closes Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater Due to Flooding. A release announcing that Riverwalk is closed again was issued Wednesday evening. The City of West Columbia has closed the Riverwalk Park until further notice, due to rising river water and flooding. Once waters subside […]

Jeb Bush made a stop in Lexington Wednesday night. He spoke to a crowd at Hudson’s restaurant in Lexington. Sen. Katrina Shealy, who has endorsed Bush, introduced the GOP presidential hopeful. Bush spoke on topics that ranged from term limits and jobs, to national defense and reforming the Veterans Administration. […]

A Gaston man has been charged with assisting his wife in committing suicide, according to a release from the Lexington County Sheriff’s department. According to arrest warrants, Randy Gene Jones, 63, knowingly and willfully assisted in the suicide sometime between the afternoon of Dec. 20 and the morning of Dec. […]

KMS bought the old EMR, Inc. building at 3792 Platt Springs Rd. in West Columbia. An announcement regarding the 71,420-sq.ft. building was made last week. The facility was sold to KMS, Inc. for $900,000. KMS is ” a world class precision metal fabricator” according to a press release from NAI Avant, the […]

Ethel Hodge Weaver of West Columbia, celebrated 100 years of life on Oct. 31. She passed away on Dec. 27. On her birthday, Ethel requested – in the place of a big celebration or party – that her friends and family love and think of her with prayer, cards, phone […]

The water line relocation planned for today has been postponed due to weather conditions. Water customers in the described area do not need to boil water at this time. Initial Waterline/Boil Water announcement Construction activity impacting water availability has been postponed until Saturday (Jan 2) from 9 a.m. until 8 […]

The Brookland-Cayce High School Marching Band is on the move. The BC Band is leaving Thursday morning to perform at the TaxSlayer Bowl on Jan. 2, in Jacksonville, Fla. BCHS Band Director Aaron Acord, who has been teaching band for three years, is taking 28 students to Jacksonville. He said […]