West Columbia

Fireworks ordinances in effect for West Columbia, Cayce, Springdale, and Lexington County for July 4th

Fireworks are permitted within the City of Cayce only on July 4 from 10:00 a.m. until 10:00 p.m.Emergency? Call 911. Fireworks complaints or enforcement after 10:00 p.m. on July 4: non-emergency line 803-794-0456.While City administrative offices are closed for the holiday on Friday, our police officers, firefighters, and dispatchers will be serving our community throughout […]

7,500 at Meeting Street Music Fest, West Columbia’s Art on State is May 15 – Dine outside, too

West Columbia is warming up as spring is upon us. The forecast heading into the weekend includes sun and temperatures in the 80s. As the weather, there is the opportunity to get out and enjoy everything in West Columbia, including city-sponsored events and restaurants where you can sit outside and enjoy the fresh air. An […]

West Columbia City Hall closed Monday, Cayce City Hall to open at 10 a.m., Lexington County administrative offices on a 2-hour delay

Due to road conditions and inclement weather from the winter storm, the City of West Columbia City Hall will be closed on Monday, January 26, 2026. There will be no yard trash services on that day. City parks will also remain closed. Closed parks include:• B Avenue Ball Park• Bark West Dog Park• Carraway Park […]

Leaves of red, yellow and orange dazzle in the sunlight of the late autumn season

The leaves are falling but fall colors still abound. It’s mid-November and the first freeze of 2025 has come. Around West Columbia and Cayce, the leaves have changed and there the trees are full of color. Red, green, yellow and orange dazzle in the sunlight of the late autumn season. Be sure to stop and […]

SCDOT repaving Jarvis Klapman Boulevard as part of its road improvement program

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is paving parts of dozens of major roads/primary routes across the Midlands in 2025. Jarvis Klapman Boulevard is on the list and is being repaved. The work is part of the department’s 2024-2025 Pavement Improvement Program for the state. Click here for more details

Lexington County spraying to reduce mosquito population Thursday and Friday – See which neighborhoods

The Lexington County Vector Control team will be out fogging to help reduce mosquito populations in the following neighborhoods: Thursday, Sept. 25 | 4:00–7:00 AM• Hunters Ridge subdivision, Lexington• Hermitage Road, Lexington• Rama Court, Lexington• Robin Woods subdivision, Lexington• King’s Way subdivision, Lexington Friday, Sept. 26 | 4:00–7:00 AM• Springdale Road & at the creek, […]

Lexington County Coroner identifies the man who was killed in I-26 crash on Sunday

The Lexington County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was killed in a crash on I-26 east near West Columbia just after midnight on Sunday, Aug. 10. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said 24-year-old Jose Rivas died when he ran off the road, hit a guardrail and overturned on eastbound I-26 at mile marker […]

2 Local  Men Plead Guilty to Child Sex Trafficking

Antonio Marquis Nicholson, 33, of West Columbia, and Terrell Counts, 33, of Columbia, have pleaded guilty to human trafficking conspiracy and aiding and abetting the coercion and enticement of a minor. According to evidence presented in court, from at least December 2022 through August 2023, Nicholson and Counts worked together with co-defendants Monesha Gary and Rebecca […]