Month: December 2021

Escaped fugitive, who caused school lockdowns in West Columbia, is caught

Daniel Hill who escaped from an ambulance while in custody, was captured before 10 p.m. Wednesday at a home on Lawrence Road in Red Bank. Before he was caught, Hill, age 30, was described as armed and dangerous. He was pursued for nine hours, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Riverbank Elementary School, Northside […]

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C-WC Chamber Member Columbia Meats is your West Columbia go-to for beef, poultry, and pork

If you are looking for fresh, high-quality beef, poultry, pork and seafood, you can find it in West Columbia. Columbia Meats is at 1140 Carolina St. It’s across from behind Airport High School. Look for the big STOCK UP YOUR FREEZER sign.   “Columbia Meats’ number one priority is customer service. We offer quality products […]

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Man in custody escapes from ambulance near intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Leaphart Road

UPDATE at 2:08 p.m.: Hill was last seen at the Bojangles on Augusta Hwy, 4863 Augusta Hwy, in the Ford truck. We are working to pull video from the Bojangles and surrounding businesses in a continued effort to find Hill. If you see Hill or the truck, please call 911. UPDATE at 1:47 p.m.: Hill […]

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Lexington 2 schools had no internet access, phone lines were down, Wednesday

SERVICE WAS RESTORED LATER IN THE DAY – Reported earlier: Due to a power issue, Lexington School District Two schools do not have access to the internet and the phone lines are temporarily down. The school district reported the outage just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. A district email stated: “Dominion Energy is currently addressing the […]

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Byron Snellgrove, retiring Cayce Department of Public Safety Chief, receives Order of the Palmetto

Byron Snellgrove, retiring Cayce Department of Public Safety Chief, received the Order of the Palmetto for his 37 years of service to law enforcement in the state at the Cayce City Council meeting, Tuesday. State Sen. Nikki Setzler and Rep. Micah Caskey presented the Order of the Palmetto to Snellgrove. It is signed by Gov. […]

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Ground broken in Springdale for Lexington 2’s new performing arts center

By Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications – Lexington Two was joined by a host of district and school officials, local political and business leaders, and citizens Tuesday for a groundbreaking ceremony for the new performing arts center. Lexington Two’s district office will also move into the facility, so that the space to be continuously […]

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Gang Member Sentenced to 35 Years in connection to Lexington County Murder

Correy T. Brown, 24, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a shooting death which occurred at an apartment complex near 200 Berryhill Road in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County. The sentence was imposed this week in Lexington County General Sessions Court following Brown’s guilty plea […]

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40 seventh-and-eighth-graders selected for the Lexington 2 Honor Band

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Schools – Forty Lexington Two seventh- and eighth-graders have been selected to perform in the Lexington Two Honor Band. The Honor Band is a two-day band clinic, scheduled this school year on March 3-4.  Students will rehearse at Airport High School with master educator Mike Doll, who has more […]

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