Month: July 2023
Lexington County deputies have arrested two men accused of shooting into a house during an armed robbery in 2021. Khartae Tyuan Bethel, 20, and Darreun Hampton Miller, 19, are charged with two counts of attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery, as well as discharging a weapon into a dwelling and criminal conspiracy, according to arrest […]
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Buyers are rushing to the West Columbia housing market and that is creating traffic for local businesses. Construction began on St. Anns Alley in February of 2020. St Anns Alley, in the WECO River District, was billed as an in-town community of 34 single-family homes in the booming West Columbia River District. The streets surrounding St Anns Alley are: Center; […]
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Developers have withdrawn plans to construct a 94-acre project, known as Smallwood Cove, on Lake Murray. The Town of Lexington announced the change of plans, Wednesday. The owners of land that had been marked for a lakefront resort near Lake Murray have withdrawn their consideration to annex multiple parcels of land. Also withdrawn is an […]
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Republican leaders, officials, and activists will celebrate the South Carolina Republican Party’s 56th Annual Silver Elephant Gala. President Donald J. Trump has been selected as this year’s keynote speaker. WHAT: 56th Annual Silver Elephant Gala, hosted by the South Carolina Republican Party. This is the longest standing Republican event in South Carolina history. WHEN: August 5th, 2023, […]
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Overnight, Tuesday, what started as a traffic stop, by Lexington Police, for several violations ended with two arrests. Police also seized two stolen guns out of Richland County, a half pound of marijuana, and several stacks of counterfeit money with the Bravo Shift of the LPD Patrol Division. The individuals were charged with various traffic […]
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Jeremy Gerome Junious, a 35-year-old Columbia man, pled guilty to Burglary First Degree last week in Lexington County and was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper to 22 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Under South Carolina law, burglary first degree is categorized as a violent, most serious, and “no parole” […]
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A unit from the Cayce Police Department was on the scene of an accident on Knox-Abbott Drive, in Cayce, Tuesday after 6 p.m. A pickup truck hit a utility poll. Police were on the scene until the accident site was cleared.
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A Columbia Police Officer was hurt and a suspect has been taken into custody after reports of shots fired in the Stoneridge Drive and Greystone Boulevard area of Columbia, Tuesday. How the officer was hurt – by gunfire or some other injury- has not been reported. Click here Columbia Police Deputy Chief Melron Kelly said […]
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