Month: July 2019

Woman and teen charged in connection to shooting

Lexington County deputies have charged a Lexington woman and a minor in connection with a shooting Wednesday night in Gilbert. Brandi Ann Strawderman, 20, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. The minor is charged with attempted murder and unlawful possession of a handgun. […]

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Primal Gourmet open, Terra re-opens, Bricks and Stone coming, and enjoy Chayz music and Space Week, too in West Columbia summer

Your opportunities to go out for fun on these warm West Columbia summer nights have increased. You can catch lunch, too. Primal Gourmet opened its doors Monday in the former McGee Auction building at 725 Meeting St. Primal Gourmet is a lunch and dinner spot right now, but that is expected to change said Customer […]

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West Columbia offers weekend shuttle service to Riverwalk, from City Hall

The City of West Columbia is running a weekend shuttle service. It runs every 15 minutes from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday from West Columbia City Hall- 200 N. 12th St- to the Riverwalk Amphitheater. Pick up is in the City Hall parking lot. The service being provided with Hospitality Funds.

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Lexington 2 part of program to allow online school to prevent make-up days

Lexington Two has been approved to use eLearning days for school make-up days, one of 10 additional districts approved to participate in the 2019-20 school year, the Education Oversight Committee announced this month. eLearning allows districts to continue lessons at home when classes on regularly scheduled school days are cancelled, as in the case of […]

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Lexington 2’s Paola Adams named a National Parent Educator of the Year

A Lexington Two parent educator who works with the district’s STAR Family Partnership is the winner of a national award. Paola Adams has been named a National Parent Educator of the Year by Parents as Teachers, an organization whose programs work with parents as the first and most influential teachers and advocates for their children. […]

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Fulmer Middle School to reopen, Wood Elementary name change, New Bridge moved, school building update

From Dawn Kujawa, Lexington Two Communications Director The 2019-20 school year will bring changes for some Lexington Two schools. Among them: Fulmer Middle: Fulmer will be moving back to its newly renovated campus at 1614 Walterboro St., West Columbia, for the start of the new school year. Renovations added a second story to the school […]

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West Columbia’s Hunter Helms, of Gray Collegiate, commits to play college football at Holy Cross

West Columbia’s Hunter Helms, from Gray Collegiate Academy committed, Tuesday, to play college football at Holy Cross. Helms, a quarterback, will play his senior year at Gray in 2019. He will play in 2020 at Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. It’s an FCS school. Helms said he took an official visit last week to Holy […]

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6 arrested on drug charges after home search, traffic stop

Lexington County narcotics agents have arrested six people on drug charges after tracking two wanted subjects to a home in Lexington. Deputies responded to the 100 block of Browning Court Friday after receiving tips about a woman wanted for a parole violation and a man wanted on a family court bench warrant selling drugs out […]

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