Month: November 2022
Jeremy S. Cornish, age 41, of Columbia, and Justin Tyler Hopkins, age 24, of Columbia, have each been sentenced to Life in prison for the murders of three me. The murders occurred during a home invasion in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County in 2019. This case was prosecuted by Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick […]
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West Columbia City Council passed first reading of a bond issue ordinance plan that would allow the City of West Columbia to borrow $1.6 million. The money would be used to replace the heating and air conditioning system at City Hall and to expand the West Columbia Police Department’s over-filled evidence room. The 6-1 vote […]
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The West Columbia Beautification Foundation presented Bri L. Designs with the Quarterly Business Award for the beautiful landscaping on her property at 819 Meeting St. Pictured: Chairwoman Kathy Whetzel, Vice-Chairwoman Lainie Piluso Lewis, Board Member Steve Cohen, Business Owner Bri Ethridge, and her parents, Paul and Diane Etheridge. Paul helped design the landscape.
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Platt Springs Road and Cross Road in Lexington shortly before 8:30 a.m., Tuesday. According to Fisher, Ms. Takkia Sierra Dawkins, 37, of Lexington attempted to turn onto Platt Springs Road from Sandy Springs Lane when she […]
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The Brookland Cayce Football Team will face Hanahan at BC, at 7:30 p.m., Friday in the first round of the SC High School Playoffs. The Bearcats are the 3A – Region 5 Runner-Up after falling to Gilbert, at Gilbert, last Friday, 35-21. Brookland-Cayce is a No. 2 seed. Gray Collegiate is the 2A – Region […]
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