Month: June 2016
Wayne M. Grooms, 71, of West Columbia, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake, Sunday afternoon. Grooms was a commissioner with the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District. A report about his death was posted on his Facebook account, Monday. Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock said Grooms was visiting Santee National Wildlife Refuge with family […]
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Work is progressing at the site of the new Lexington 2 elementary school on Bulldog Boulevard in Cayce. Ground was broken for the school on April 18. The new campus off the 12th Street Extension will house Taylor Elementary School and Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Cost estimates for the 145,000-sq-ft. school are projected […]
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Tuesday (June 14) is Primary Day in Lexington County. There are lots of contested races, some with several candidates. If there are runoff elections, those would be held June 28. The General Election is Nov. 8. Below is a list of candidates. Democrat or other party affiliations are denoted. All others are Republican. “I” denotes […]
Read More >>Russell Steve Kelly, 61, of Gilbert was identified as the victim. Kelly was pronounced dead at the scene. An autopsy will be performed on Tuesday to determine the cause of death. The accident remains under investigation by the Lexington County Coroner’s Office and the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
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The City of West Columbia held the second of two public information meetings regarding a 2% Hospitality Tax, Monday. Brian Carter, City Administrator, said many requests have been made to council for special projects, and a Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) – on prepared foods- could fund some of those requests, if passed. The Cayce West Columbia […]
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Release from Rhonda Robinson- 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office ALABAMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON After a four day trial, a Lexington County jury returned guilty verdicts in a murder case. Justin Antonio Butler, AKA Jona McCoy, 24, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., was convicted for the murder of Tycus […]
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Donate ’til June 15. A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size 11. Also being collected are […]
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The Lexington 2 School Board of Trustees will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (June 16) at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia. The proposed Agenda includes Second Reading of the 2016/17 Proposed General Fund Budget; consideration of the IKA-R, Grading System; Recommendation to […]
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