Month: March 2022
There will be a Free Community Book Fair Saturday (March 26) at MOTA Crosslinking Business Academy, 633 12th St., West Columbia. Cayce Police Chief Chris Coward will make a presentation at the book fair. It’s a free event for the community to promote literacy, said Vanessa Mota of MOTA Crosslinking. There will be door prizes […]
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Lexington Two’s much-anticipated performing arts center now has a name. The Lexington Two Performing Arts Center – L2PAC for short – was approved as the new name by the Board of Trustees at its March 17 meeting. Work started late last year to clear and grade the center site, at 3211 Platt Springs Road in […]
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West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce released a Monthly Statistical Review of crime and call-related data that included information for January and February. The West Columbia intersections where the most accidents occurred in February were: Sunset Blvd. @ Harbor Drive – 4 Sunset Blvd. @ W. Hospital Drive – 3 Augusta Rd. @ Dreher Rd. […]
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On Saturday, around 9:30 p.m. Irmo Police officers were dispatched to a residence in the 300 Block of Wharfsdale Road in the New Friarsgate subdivision, in Irmo. A person at the residence called 9-1-1 stating there had been a stabbing. When officers arrived, they found the deceased victim near the front door of the residence […]
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Beginning at 8 a.m., Sunday, Dominion Energy installed ropes on the new electricity transmission structures. The structures are at North Lake Drive (SC-6) and Columbia Avenue (US-378.) Dominion is using a helicopter to fly ropes across the road and a series of eight roads were closed. The work was expected to continue through the day. […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died as a result of a stabbing that occurred in the 300 block of Wharfsdale Road in the Town of Irmo shortly after 9 p.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Andrew Wardlaw Wier, 33, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scene due to being […]
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From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington 2 Communications – Tanner Staton, a rising senior athlete at Brookland-Cayce High School, has been selected as one of 70 nominee finalists statewide for the Bridge Builder Excellence Award for the SC Football Hall of Fame. Staton is a three-year starter and quarterback with the Brookland-Cayce varsity football team. He […]
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SC Department of Transportation crews were on the bridge over Congaree Creek in Cayce, Thursday. Workers were repairing potholes on the I-77 bridge over Congaree Creek in Lexington County. The southbound lane was closed to remove damaged portions of the concrete and repair the concrete bridge decks with a smooth surface. The crews worked to […]
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