West Columbia News

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 at 4:13 p.m. Attorney General Henry McMaster Wednesday announced the findings of a nine-month investigation into gas price gouging in the wake of Hurricane Ike, which struck the Gulf Coast in September 2008.

Three South Carolina gas stations and a supplier have agreed to donate $6,500 to the American Red Cross to settle price-gouging allegations related to last fall's Gulf Coast hurricanes, state Attorney General Henry McMaster is expected to announce today.

They could have done anything, really: hit the beach; lay out by the pool; play video games; go to the movies; goof off.

You can get listings anywhere, but you'll only get the story here. SCENE AND HEARD: David Stringer , who runs the music Web site SceneSC.com , wanted to help.

Lexington County deputies are searching for a suspect who they say robbed a convenience story.

A boil water advisory is in effect for some city of West Columbia customers. It is for all even-numbered addresses along Airport Boulevard from the 2200 block to Glenn Street, and all streets in the Brookwood Subdivision.

Officials say a warehouse caught fire in West Columbia Thursday night, and was a total loss.

A water line break is affecting water customers in West Columbia. Those customers affected include all even-numbered addresses along Airport Blvd.

West Columbia's cops got a chance to cool off Saturday. Dozens of people came out to the Bi-Lo in West Columbia to get their chance to dunk a cop.

One of Gov. Mark Sanford's major Republican Senate allies and the chamber's majority leader today joined calls for the governor to step down after Sanford revealed more details about his extramarital affair and admitted to dalliances with other women.

One of Bernie Madoff's victims in South Carolina said the judge was right by sentencing the admitted swindler to 150 years in prison today.

Lexington County Sheriffa s Department arrested a 51-year old West Columbia man for failing to pay nearly $15,000 in child support.

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. a ' South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford considered resigning from office after his extramarital affair came to light, the Republican revealed Sunday in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.

The details of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's secretive trips to visit his lover in South America aren't just headline fodder or political kryptonite.

State officials said Friday that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford asked for extra economic development meetings in Argentina during a trip that brought him to Buenos Aires, where his mistress lived.

A Columbia teenager was arrested in connection with an armed robbery Wednesday at a motel near West Columbia, where the suspect had stayed for two days before the robbery, Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 66-year-old man whose body was found Tuesday morning in the swimming pool of his West Columbia home, said Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford was in Argentina during a dayslong unexplained absence, not hiking the Appalachian Trail as his staff told the public when state leaders raised questions about his whereabouts, the governor told a newspaper.

LEXINGTON, S.C. a ' A former youth minister at a South Carolina church is facing more accusations of sex crimes involving teen boys.

A viewer sent us an email wondering about the safety of the Columbia Riverwalk after a woman was attacked in the area.