Month: August 2021
A Gaston man accused of shooting into a minivan in May turned himself in Tuesday night. Kristofer Jaiwon Thomas, 19, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, discharging a firearm into a vehicle, and possessing a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. A 17-year-old co-defendant was arrested in May. His name […]
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A Dutch Fork High School football player died after collapsing at football practice, Tuesday. Jack Alkhatib, 17 of Irmo, was identified as the player who died by Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford Wednesday. Lexington-Richland School District Five issued a statement late Tuesday night confirming the student had passed away. But the student was not identified. […]
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The number of COVID cases has spiked recently and the beds at Lexington Medical Center are again being filled with virus patients. The hospital’s staff is working to treat the sick. “They are doing the hardest work right now to fight this virus,” said Gregg Martin, the owner of Primal Gourmet, 725 Meeting St., West […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of stealing electronics and boating items from a boat on Lake Murray. Eric Nickels, 36, is charged with grand larceny and receiving stolen goods, according to arrest warrants. “Based on what detectives have pieced together during their review of the case, Nickels paddled a kayak up to […]
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Charlene Louise MungoSeptember 19, 1937 ~ August 17, 2021 (age 83) Charlene Jeffords Mungo, 83, of West Columbia, joined our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 17, 2021. She was born on September 19, 1937, in Columbia, SC to the late Charles M. Jeffords Jr. and Dorothy Brazzell in the Rosewood Community. She walked […]
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A Gaston teen was killed in a single-vehicle in Fairfield County.Joshua Ray Brown, 18, of Gaston was killed in a single-vehicle accident, Friday, according to the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office. Coroner Chris Hill said Brown was traveling on Highway 21 N when he lost control of his vehicle causing it to flip multiple times. Brown […]
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Frank Mungo, 86 and Charlene Mungo, 83 of West Columbia were two of dozens of people who died as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Fred that swept through the mountains of North Carolina on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Shannon Ledford posted on Facebook that the Mungos were regulars at Laurel Bank Campground in Haywood County […]
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Lexington Police and Lexington County EMS were on the scene of a collision on Sunset Boulevard (US-378) at Old Cherokee Road before 9 a.m., Monday had multiple inbound and outbound lanes closed. Inbound traffic was detoured onto Old Cherokee Road. All lanes were reopened before 10 a.m.. The collision was caused by a driver failing […]
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