Month: March 2023
Sunday afternoon, crews from Irmo Fire and Lexington County Fire responded to a vehicle rollover at St Andrew’s Road and Tram. The vehicle landed on its side and the driver was trapped inside. Crews stabilized the vehicle then cut away a portion of the roof in order to safely remove the driver. the driver luckily […]
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Col. Mel Seboe, who has served the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department for more than 50 years, has received the Order of the Palmetto from Gov. Henry McMaster. Seboe started the agency’s bloodhound tracking team in 1973 as the forerunner to Lexington County’s K-9 team, which now includes nine full-time handlers. Seboe started the agency’s explosive […]
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The Gray Collegiate girls defeated Bishop England, Friday, for the 2A State Championship. The Gray girls won by a score of 40-32 over Bishop England. Brandon Wallace is the Gray girls coach. Later in the evening, the Gray Boys defeated sister charter school, Oceanside by a score of 53-43 to win the State 2A Championship. […]
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Due to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, after-school activities are canceled on Friday, March 3, 2023. The one exception is after-school care at the elementary schools. However, families are encouraged to pick up their children before 6 p.m. to avoid being on the roads when the forecast calls for the greatest chance […]
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This is National Read Across America Day week. It’s a time to celebrate literature, and the schools of West Columbia make sure to do that. “Reading is the most fundamental skill that teachers help impart to their students,” said Anna Unversaw, principal of Northside Middle School in West Columbia. “At Northside, our students celebrate a […]
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Emergency crews were on South Lake Drive (SC-6) near Addy Lane in Lexington, early Friday morning. Around 3 a.m. a collision with injuries occurred. Power lines were down in the road and the road was closed. Two people were transported to the hospital from the scene by EMS and a driver arrested for Driving Under […]
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A Columbia woman is accused of taping a Seven Oaks Elementary School 4K student to a classroom chair. The aide, age 25, is charged with cruelty to children, according to an arrest warrant. “Based on our investigation, (a) teacher’s aide, used duct tape to tape the student’s legs to a chair Wednesday while the teacher […]
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Roger Sipe, senior VP of operations for Lexington Medical Center, addressed the 110 attendees of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast on the LMC – West Columbia campus, Tuesday. He updated the crowd on some LMC projects, and Sipe chronicled the growth of the hospital over the last 50-plus years. He said a new Cayce Urgent Care […]
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