Blythewood residents may have noticed a swarm of Columbia City Police patrol cars in the Blythewood Post Office parking lot June 30, from about 8 a.m. – 2 p.m. That was the headquarters for the day of the City of Columbia Drug Suppressant Team that filled in for Richland County Sheriff’s deputies who normally patrol

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts has released the name of the Blythewood man who was struck and killed Wednesday night, June 27, on I-20 westbound near the 72 mile marker around 11 p.m. John W. Davis, 59, of Langford Road, Blythewood, was struck by multiple vehicles while in the roadway and died at the scene.