The South Carolina Department of Public Safety reported a Lexington County fatality, via email at 3:43 a.m. Tuesday. The Advisory reads: Lexington County (Tuesday) on  I- 26 Eastbound, at Mile Marker 113, is blocked due to a fatal crash. Expect delays for the next 2 hours. More details will be released […]

City of West Columbia City Council Meeting Agenda Regular Council Meeting following the Public Hearing on the TIF Tuesday, Sept. 1, 6 p.m. at West Columbia City Hall. Public Hearing Considering the Adoption of Proposed Amendments to, and Including the Extension of, the Redevelopment Plan of the City of West […]

  Will August cost you less than the heat of July? As the month of August comes to an end, SCE&G customers will get their monthly bills. Extreme heat in July caused large spikes in some South Carolina Electric and Gas utility bills. A West Columbia resident received an electric […]

Airport QB Brett Burnett had a good evening in the Eagles’ 42-37 win over Brookland-Cayce Friday. The 6′-2″ 195-pound junior was 18-for-26 in his passing game. And at least four of the incompletions were on target, but the passes were dropped by Eagle receivers. Burnett had one interception, but his passing […]

Magdelene K. Anderson of West Columbia died Friday morning in a single-car wreck on I-77 in Richland County. Anderson was the mother of four children. Anderson, 38, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts, was heading south on I-77 near Jackson Boulevard around. She lost control of her SUV and […]

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Sunset Boulevard was blocked, Saturday afternoon, in the 1500 block. Response to a single-car accident caused for a call to the West Columbia Fire Department and West Columbia Police (WCPD) along with EMS, said Capt. Scott Morrison with the WCPD. It is now reopened. It’s the second time the 1500 […]

Airport poured it on Brookland-Cayce early, Friday night, and a frantic comeback by the Bearcats fell short. The Eagles defeated BC 42-37. Airport scored five touchdowns in the first half, and only one in the second half. But it was enough. Brookland-Cayce started well, getting on the scoreboard first, after an […]

A Release from the City of West Columbia. Newest filers – since the last report- are in BOLD Candidates File for City Elections in November Four people have filed to run for West Columbia office of mayor and eleven people have filed to run for West Columbia city council seats in […]

A 22-year-old Columbia man was  sentenced to prison for robbing Cayce and West Columbia Waffle Houses, and committing other crimes in July of 2014. Rashaud Jamel Lee was given 20 years for two armed robbery charges and first degree assault and battery. The sentenced was announced Friday by the office […]