Month: December 2020

Brookland-Cayce High School DECA Winter Wonderland Light Display Drive Thru, is Wednesday

Looking for some Christmas cheer? The Brookland-Cayce High School DECA is conducting a Winter Wonderland Holiday Light Display Drive Thru, Wednesday night. It’s free of charge. It’s from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. Enter at the corner of 7th Street and Indigo Avenue. It’s a safe event.

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Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club donates to Toys for Tots

The Cayce-West Lions Club contributed a check to the Toys for Tots campaign. The Lions also gave a box of toys. Toys for Tots is just one of the community outreach programs that the C-WC Lions contribute, to. Pictured are: Lion Jimmy Hofer, Sgt. Ridge Maignan of the US Marine Corps, and Lion Bill Mooneyhan. […]

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Cayce Sanitation Department personnel receive Whole Sole Award

Personnel from the Cayce Sanitation Department have been given the Whole Sole Award by Mayor Elise Partin. The city workers went above and beyond the call of  duty for a Cayce resident. Honored specifically were: Johnny Adkin; James Jeffcoat; and James Wise. On Oct. 27, a Cayce resident fell near her home. View Mayor Elise Partin awarding the […]

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Lexington man charged after infant daughter injured

 Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of severely injuring his 2-month-old child. James McQueen Boltin Jr., 25, is charged with inflicting great bodily injury upon a child, according to an arrest warrant. “Detectives have talked with health care providers, caretakers and family members as part of their investigation,” Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon […]

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Wood Elementary goes back to online classes until Jan. 4 amid positive COVID claims

Students at Wood Elementary in Pine Ridge will temporarily move from in-person classes to remote – or online- learning for a period of 10 days, beginning Wednesday, December.  This move is the result of a protocol put into place by Lexington Two amid COVID-19. When the numbers of students at a school testing positive and/or […]

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Lakeview School historical marker dedication is Friday at 11 a.m.

An historical marker will be unveiled and dedicated for the Lakeview School in West Columbia, on Friday. The ceremony is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the site of the former Lakeview School, 1218 Batchelor Street. It is now the site of the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center. The Greater Lakeview Alumni Association and the Brookland-Lakeview Empowerment Center […]

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Woman charged with cutting monitoring device off inmate’s ankle

A Lexington woman has been arrested and charged after deputies said she removed a GPS monitoring device from an inmate. Whitney Allyn Ainsworth, 33, is charged with tampering with the operation of an electronic monitoring device, according to an arrest warrant. “In June, Ainsworth removed an ankle monitoring device that was assigned to an inmate […]

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SUV knocks down utility pole in Lexington crash

An SUV ran into a utility pole in Lexington Tuesday morning, according to the Lexington Police Department. The crashed resulted in traffic is being detoured onto Third Avenue and Cedar Street around the collision scene on West Main Street/US-1. Police said to expect delays and congestion in the area or seek an alternate route.

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