Month: June 2016

Lexington Police seek help finding burglary suspects

The Lexington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Richard Fay Annis II and Melissa Anne Flake both 43 years of age from Pelion, SC On Saturday June 24, 2016 at approximately 7:30PM Annis and Flake were captured on security video surveillance during a break in of the Carolina Grill and Brew located […]

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Springdale Food Truck Rally is Friday, Town Hall closed for 4th, Monday

The Springdale Town Hall will be closed on Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Public Works will pick up Monday’s and Tuesday’s routes all on Tuesday. Recycling and yard trash will run as usual on Wednesday and Thursday. From Jeff Stillwell, Springdale Town Administrator… Don’t forget about our Food Truck Friday Rally  Friday […]

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Swansea man identified as victim in Fish Hatchery Road accident

Harris was not wearing a helmet and was pronounced dead at the scene from the injuries he sustained in the accident.  An autopsy will be performed Thursday. The accident remains under investigation by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

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Fatal motorcycle accident reported in Lexington County

According to Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of the SC. Highway Patrol, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, traveling north on Fish Hatchery Road near Pelion, ran off the right side of the road. The motorcycle hit a culvert, throwing the rider off. The driver died at the scene, according to Southern. The driver was not wearing a helmet. […]

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Ribbon cut on West Columbia Goodwill store, Wednesday

West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton cut the ribbon on the new Goodwill store in West Columbia, Wednesday afternoon. Many West Columbia officials, and members of the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce were on hand with Goodwill administration and staff for the ribbon-cutting. And at 9 a.m. on Thursday, Goodwill Industries of Upstate/Midlands South Carolina will open […]

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Lexington County Council Approves 2016-17 budget

From Harrison Cahill- Lexington County Public Information Officer Lexington County Council Approves Fiscal Year 2016-2017 $192.5 Million Budget On Tuesday, Lexington County Council approved the County’s $192.5 million Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017, with an 8-0 vote. The Operating Budget is made up of a $65.3 million Special Revenue and Grants Budget, which includes the […]

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Cayce Walmart Neighborhood Grocery cuts ribbon on new store

The ribbon was cut, Wednesday morning on the new Cayce Walmart Neighborhood Grocery store at the intersection of Knox-Abbott Drive and Charleston Highway. “This is good for Cayce” said Cayce Mayor Pro-Tem James “Skip Jenkins.  “We’re glad to have this store here.” He said the store is at  a great location and it will help west […]

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Victim in West Columbia motorcycle accident identified

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the motorcycle-versus-vehicle accident at approximately 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22. The accident took place in the 2200 block of Augusta Road in West Columbia. The man killed was Jesse Cravets, 35, of Monett. Cravets, who was on the motorcycle, was pronounced dead at […]

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