Month: July 2021
The Lexington Police Department worked a two-car collision in the 4700 block of Sunset Blvd. (US-378) Friday after 11 a.m. Police asked drivers to seek an alternate route to avoid this traffic congestion. The collision was caused by a driver failing to yield the right away. The LPD was also working a two-car collision at […]
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There have been some staff changes in the Lexington Two School District. Anna Unversaw has been named as the new principal at Northside Middle School. She was an assistant principal there. Matt Schilit, former Northside principal, has been named as the new principal at Airport High School.Bryson Summers will be the new assistant principal at […]
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Ronald Dean Jones, 54, of Lexington, has been arrested on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of minors.Jones was arrested Tuesday. He is charged with six counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, second degree, a felony offense punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment on each count. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task […]
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Town Of Springdale Police Officer Matt Hagins has been selected as the Officer of the Year for the 11th Circuit by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Network.In the photo, Hagins is being presented the award by Wilson Matthews, SCDPS Traffic Records Manager, at a meeting Thursday morning.
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New businesses are coming to West Columbia and so are new homes. The City of West Columbia has seen an onslaught of new business licenses issued in 2021. There were almost as many new business licenses issued in the first quarter of 2021 as there were in all of 2020. So far in 2021, there […]
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Airport High School graduate and University of Tennessee senior punter Paxton Brooks is one of 51 candidates named to the preseason watch list for the Ray Guy Award. Brooks is the son of Lexington Two School’s Chief Instructional Officer Dr. Dixon Brooks and Mary Brooks, Lexington Two’s Director of Parenting and Early Childhood Coordinator. Brooks […]
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Donnie Rankin, 49, pled guilty in Lexington County this week to two counts of Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor – Second Degree. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod, IV, Eleventh Circuit Chief Administrative Judge, sentenced Rankin to the maximum of 20 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, Rankin is not eligible for parole and […]
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Lexington Medical Center has been recognized as the top hospital in the Midlands. It is also ranked No. 5 among all South Carolina hospitals, according to U.S. News & World Report. “Proud to see Lexington Medical Center recognized as best hospital in the Midlands and in the top 5 hospitals in SC,” State Sen. Nikki […]
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