Month: August 2021
SC House Rep. Micah Caskey presented a SC House Resolution to Brookland-Cayce High School Principal Gregg Morton.The resolution is in recognition of the BCHS Boy’s Soccer Team’s State Championship in high school soccer. State Sen. Nikki Setzler of West Columbia honored the Brookland-Cayce Boys Soccer team and coaches with a resolution in the South Carolina […]
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Take a stroll on the Riverwalks in Cayce and West Columbia on a warm August evening. The river is like a sheet of metal in places and the purring of the flowing water is soothing. The river had been high over the weekend, swollen and brown. But on Monday the water-level was lower and a […]
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Mota Crosslinking Business Academy held the first European Business Day, Friday. European Business Day has also been proclaimed by the City of West Columbia and the City of Columbia. The festivities kicked off with guest speaker, Alan Geoghegan, of British and French descent sharing his experiences living and working in Europe. Tom Ledbetter, Associate Vice […]
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A pipe bomb was found, Monday, at a bridge into an Irmo subdivision. Irmo Police found a “suspicious device” at the entrance to the Hidden Oaks subdivision, near the intersection of Cressfell and Chapelwhite roads, according to Irmo Police Chief Courtney Dennis. Traffic on the bridge was closed to allowed for the safe removal of […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the teen killed in the 800 block of Osage Ave in West Columbia at approximately 1 p.m., Saturday. Fisher stated that Mr. Daeun Mercelis Odom, 14, of Gaston was found dead on scene with an apparent gunshot wound to the upper body. The West Columbia […]
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Mike Kelly will take the role of Chief Executive Officer at McGuinn Hybrid Homes beginning Monday (Aug. 21.) Wade McGuinn announced the decision. He is stepping away from the company’s leadership role. Kelly, who was the CFO, is his second in command. The McGuinn Hybrid Homes home office is on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. […]
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A head-on collision on Mineral Springs Road near the entrance to the Carrington Place neighborhood shut down all lanes, Sunday evening, after 7 p.m. All lanes of Mineral Springs Road were reopened, by 8 p.m., according to the Lexington Police Department. The driver of the pickup truck was found at fault and contributed to the […]
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A shooting in West Columbia has left one person dead. West Columbia Police responded to a shooting incident in the 800 Block of Osage Avenue in West Columbia around 1:30 p.m., Saturday. Officers arrived on scene and found one person deceased. WCPD Capt. Marion Boyce stated in a press release that there is a juvenile […]
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