Month: June 2019
A traffic stop and a follow-up investigation at a Cayce motel led to the arrests of four people last week on various drug charges. Anthony Joseph Calvanese, 30, is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute meth. Danielle Lawson, 29, is charged with possession of meth. William Bryan […]
Read More >>Lexington County School District Two approved a 4.26 percent millage increase when the school board passed its $84.3 million budget, Thursday night. The $756,703 increase will go to fund the addition of four middle and high school teachers; elementary and middle school library improvements; three mental health care professionals; teacher salary increases for 23 years […]
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A fatal crash has closed I-26, all westbound lanes near Orangeburg, at the 154 mile marker, according to Trooper David Jones of the S.C. Highway Patrol. He reported the lane closings after 3:30 p.m. Monday. The collision involved three fatality victims, according to Jones. A child was also injured. Jones said traffic had stopped, and […]
Read More >>From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington School District Two Communications Director The honors keep rolling in for Airport High track and field star Jayla Jamison. The rising sophomore has been named the girls’ South Carolina Gatorade Track & Field Athlete of the Year, one of the nation’s most prestigious awards in high school athletics. The award […]
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After storms blew down trees and caused a power outage, members of the Westover Acres Community Crime watch issued “a big thank you” to City of West Columbia Public Works Director Jamie Hook and all of his crew at the city of West Columbia Sanitation department for “not one time, but two times this week.” […]
Read More >>The Cayce City Council adopted a new ordinance to change the Cayce municipal election cycle to run in odd-numbered years. The change was approved by city council Wednesday. It was made after a request from the Lexington County Commission of Registration and Elections, said Ashley Hunter, City of Cayce spokeswoman. Currently, the City of Cayce […]
Read More >>The office of Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard announced the sentence of Joshua Travis Rossman, 23, Thursday. Rossman was sentenced to eight years in jail, followed by three years probation, in a Lexington County court Thursday, for assault and battery, first degree, of a correctional officer. Rossman was serving time in the Lexington County Detention […]
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Summer is the time to kick back and enjoy a more relaxed approach to life. The heat has a liberating affect. And that is true in West Columbia. And discussion of recreation in West Columbia would be complete without talking about all that the Congaree River offers The river is cool and especially fun if […]
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