Month: July 2022
Are you looking for a unique summer day trip? West Columbia’s Riverwalk may be the perfect destination for you. It provides a wonderful and educational record of the development of the area. Riverwalk is a wooded trail that runs parallel to the ancient flowing waters of the Congaree River. Riverwalk is something of a museum […]
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The Lexington Police Department was investigating a collision in the 4700 block of Sunset Blvd. (US-378.) The crash has an inbound lane closed. after 3 p.m. The Lexington Sheriff’s Department and EMS crews were at the scene. By 4 p.m., all lanes were reopened and the collision had been cleared from the road. The wreck […]
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Brookland-Cayce Quarterback Tanner Staton committed to play football for Elon University, Tuesday. He is a rising high school senior and received a full scholarship offer from Elon. Elon is in North Carolina. “He went up to Elon for a camp on June 23,” said Chris Staton, Tanner’s father. “He had a good day at the […]
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The initial footprint of the cofferdam on the Congaree River has been completed. The site is near the Gervais Street Bridge where crews are preparing the area to clean up coal tar, deposited decades ago, from the bottom of the river. According to the Congaree Riverkeeper “the contractor will continue to build up the dam […]
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Travis Hammack, 35, owner of Paddle South Outfitters in Chapin, South Carolina, was sentenced on June 30, 2022, after pleading guilty to two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor – First Degree in Lexington County General Sessions Court. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod IV sentenced Hammack to 25 years in the South Carolina Department […]
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From Ashley Hunter-City of Cayce: Richland County Coroner, Nadia Rutherford, has identified William Thomas Bowie, a 44-year-old Newberry resident, as the driver that led Cayce police on a high-speed chase on Monday afternoon. Bowie was killed on impact when he ran a red light at the intersection of Pineview Road and Shop Road and hit another vehicle. […]
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William Bowie, 44, of Newberry has been identified by Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford as the person killed during a high speed chase, involving the Cayce Police Department. The pursuit began in Lexington County and ended in a crash near Shop Road in Columbia Monday afternoon. Bowie was accused of entering the parking lot of […]
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The Lexington Two School District’s Performing Arts Center and District Office (L2PAC for short) is rising from the ground on Platt Springs Road in Springdale. The L2PAC is the final project of the $225 million bond referendum approved by voters in 2014. The $60 million, state-of-the-art venue will offer a space for performances, special events, […]
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