Month: March 2022
Obituary of Peggy Yvonne SummersPeggy Yvonne Summers, 73, of West Columbia, SC, passed away Saturday, March 12, 2022. Peggy was born to Johnny and Ivy Lorene Rimer on July 16, 1948, in Blythewood, SC. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents; her beloved husband, David Summers; and six of her seven siblings: Grace Leona […]
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Lexington’s Meera Bhonslé was crowned Miss South Carolina USA 2022 in North Charleston last week. She will now prepare to represent South Carolina in the Miss USA pageant. Meera has held the title of Miss Upstate USA 2022 and Miss Gamecock 2018. She is a University of South Carolina School of Journalism and Mass Communications […]
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Airport High School brought home top honors from the weekend’s annual state convention of the South Carolina Association of Student Councils. Airport – which hosted this year’s event at the school – was recognized as a Gold Council of Excellence for the sixth consecutive year. In addition, Davis Nix, a senior at Airport and student […]
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Lou Kennedy, Nephron Pharmaceuticals CEO, in a Facebook video is asking her Facebook followers to join her to partner with former SC Gov. David Beasley and the World Food Programme to deliver relief to families in war-torn Ukraine. A donation of $75 can provide a box of food that lasts one month. Click here for […]
Read More >>William Luis Megal King, 27, has been arrested in connection to the 2020 murder of a woman in the Hickory Hill mobile home park on Industrial Boulevard in Lexington. King was taken into custody, without incident, on Monday at his home in Gaston. Detectives began their investigation of this case Sept. 19, 2020, when officers […]
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St. Patrick’s Day is March 17. The Irish have observed the day for more than 1,000 years. To commemorate the occasion this year, there will be a big St. Patrick’s Day party in West Columbia at Savage Craft Ale Works, 430 Center St., on Saturday. SYR (sire) is a Celtic Folk Rock band that takes inspiration […]
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From Ashley Hunter – Cayce City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem, James “Skip” Jenkins, was recently selected by the Lexington County Municipal Association (LCMA) as their new Vice President. Jenkins was born and raised in Cayce and is the longest-serving member of Cayce City Council. LCMA exists to bring together representatives from the fourteen municipalities in Lexington […]
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Lexington County Animal Services and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are assisting the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. Those agencies are investigating several reports of large cat sightings. (File photo SC DNR) There have been reported sightings in the Horses Neck area of Lexington County near the Calhoun […]
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