Lexington Medical Center

West Columbia business owner thwarts car theft

Real Estate School of South Carolina owner Chip Browne stopped his vehicle from being stolen on Thursday night by catching the would-be thief in the act.  After finishing his evening real estate license course livestream, he was shutting off the lights in his building on Medical Circle, across from Lexington Medical Center around 9:30 p.m. […]

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Lexington Medical Center allowing no visitors; processing large vaccine requests

Lexington Medical Center is not allowing visitors. The south entrance of the hospital is currently closed. All approved visitors must use the main entrance off East Hospital Drive.  The ER policy varies a little. One visitor is allowed to accompany a non-COVID-19 patient to the Emergency Department. If the emergency department lobby reaches capacity, the […]

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Gov. Henry McMaster at Lexington Medical Center Monday to encourage more COVID shots

Governor Henry McMaster his toured Lexington Medical Center’s vaccination clinic in West Columbia Monday afternoon. He’s to wants the COVID-19 vaccination rate to increase. “We’ve got to speed it up, we know how to speed it up, and we will speed it up,” McMaster said. There are more than 200,000 vaccine appointments on the books […]

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West Columbia leaders have optimistic outlook for 2021 after vaccine rollout

As the book is closed on 2020, local leaders are looking to the year 2021 with optimism. “I’m looking forward to the new year,” said West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles. He said now that there are COVID-19 vaccines being distributed, we can begin to think about getting back to normal after the virus had such […]

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Building update on 2 Sunset Boulevard projects

The location of a Dunkin’ Donuts was announced in January, to be built at 2865 Sunset Blvd., West Columbia. It’s across from Lexington Medical Center. The other two spaces had “Retail Anchor” and “Retail” on them. PennTex Ventures Development was the company in charge of filling the space.The sign on the property (see photo) in […]

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