Month: July 2023
Christopher David Jeffcoat, 42, and Kenneth Eddy Frye, 59, both of Lexington, have pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Evidence obtained in the investigation revealed that Jeffcoat and Frye—along with a third defendant, Jerry Lynn Cordell—were involved in distributing methamphetamine in Lexington County. […]
The Lexington Police Department is investigating an early morning homicide in the Victorian Lakes neighborhood at 4801 Sunset Boulevard in Lexington, according to Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. At approximately 3:22 a.m., officers were dispatched to a disturbance, and when they arrived, they found a Hispanic man who had been killed lying in the driveway […]
The Cayce-West Columbia Ozone Dixie Youth Baseball team won the SC State Championship earlier this month. The C-WC team began play last Thursday in Dixie Youth Baseball World Series in Ruston, LA.The team is 3-1 at the World Series, so far. On Thursday South Carolina defeated Louisiana 14 – 2. On Friday SC beat Florida […]
Steel Hands Brewing in Cayce has announced that it’s partnered with The Garnet Trust to brew a game day beer called Sandstorm Gameday Lager. Some of the proceeds from case sales of Sandstorm Gameday Lager will be forwarded to Gamecock student-athletes Name via an Image and Likeness (NIL) deal that allows college athletes to receive […]
A father and daughter face multiple charges after a shooting in a restaurant parking lot Thursday night in Swansea. Stephanie Lynn Brown, 40, is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and pointing and presenting firearms at persons, according to arrest warrants. David Lee Brown, 66, is charged with pointing […]
Summertime and cooking out go together, especially in West Columbia. The origins of American barbecue date back to colonial times. US President George Washington mentions attending a “barbicue” in Alexandria, Va., in 1769. The people of the American South love to cook out over an open fire or on a grill. The Cafaro Family of West […]
SC Gov. Henry McMaster was joined Thursday by Lieutenant Governor Pamela S. Evette, state and local law enforcement officers, state agency leaders, and members of the General Assembly for a ceremonial bill signing of S. 96, the South Carolina Boating Safety and Education bill. This legislation will make South Carolina’s waterways safer by requiring boaters born on […]
The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department issued an announcement late Wednesday night saying Cecil Wise, 67, left her Lexington County home Tuesday. She was found safe.