Month: August 2021
The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood warning for parts of Lexington County, Sunday afternoon, as storms that could produce up-to 3 inches of rain moved through. West Columbia, Cayce, Springdale, Lexington, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, and the Columbia Metro Airport were included in the Flash Flood warning. West Columbia was once named Brookland […]
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Hunter Helms was placed on scholarship by Clemson University Head Coach Dabo Swinney. Helms’ scholarship will begin in January, according to a forum post on CUTIGERS.com – Click here for link Helms was a preferred walk-on at Clemson and played high school football at Gray Collegiate Academy in West Columbia.He is the Tigers’ No. 2 […]
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US 321 Traffic Fatality Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person killed in a two-vehicle collision in Lexington County on Saturday at approximately 3 a.m. on US 321 near Phaeton Drive in Gaston. Fisher states that Robert Adams Jr., 40, of Columbia was driving a Lincoln SUV travelling south on […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the identities of the two individualswho died in a two vehicle accident on Friday at the intersection of EdmundHighway and Old Dunbar Road in West Columbia. According to Fisher, Alexis Nicole Evans, 18, of West Columbia and Maliyah ClaireScott, 18, of Lexington were traveling W. Dunbar Road, attempting […]
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Brookland-Cayce High School is postponing tonight’s home football game against A.C. Flora High School. Those who pre-purchased tickets have the option of a refund, or keeping the ticket for the makeup game, tentatively scheduled for September 24.
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A new $500,000 weight room was unveiled at Gray Collegiate Academy, Wednesday. “Now we have everything we need to be successful,” said Gray Athletic Director and Football Coach Adam Holmes. He said he used to have to bus his team to other parts of Lexington County to weight train, but now the War Eagles have […]
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The West Columbia Planning Commission Monday will consider a request of “Redevelopment Floating Zone designation for the Buff Property Redevelopment Project,” according to its agenda. That request comes as the (Charleston) Post and Courier is reporting that the owners of the Buff property on Sunset Boulevard want to build 300 apartments. The newspaper report also […]
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SCDOT closed the right lane on I-77 southbound in Lexington County between mile markers 2 & 3 to patch the bridge deck on Thursday. The lane closure began at approximately 9 AM and the lane will reopen by approximately 2 PM.
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