Month: July 2023
Law enforcement agencies are assisting the Columbia Police Department with locating a male who reportedly fired shots in the area of Stoneridge and Greystone Blvd. The are no reports of anyone shot. Police officers are working to locate the suspect. Local hotels are being evacuated and ‘cleared’ for safety. Click here for CPD video on […]
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During the Monday, July 10, Lexington County GOP executive committee meeting, Lexington-Richland School District Five Board Chairwoman Rebecca Blackburn Hines was censured for failing to uphold the County and State Republican Party policies opposing Critical Race Theory Instruction in schools. Blackburn Hines is a longstanding county party member who serves as her precinct president. The […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Brantley Walter Clarke (age 43) of Lexington, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office, also a member […]
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Greg Leon, a well-known restaurant operator, died Friday night at Prisma Health hospital. The South Carolina Department of Corrections said his death is being investigated as a suspected suicide.Leon’s friend and attorney Eric Bland said Leon was loved by his employees of the San Jose restaurants that he owned. Bland wrote: “Almost … every single […]
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Reports are surfacing that Greg Leon, the restraunteur who was convicted for shooting and killing his wife’s lover in Lexington County, was involved in an incident Friday afternoon at Kirkland Correctional Institution, a S.C. Department of Corrections facility in Columbia. Attorney Eric Bland, a friend of Leon’s says Leon passed away at 11:56 Friday night. […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia Ozone Dixie Youth Baseball team is the State champ. C-WC defeated Saluda, 2-1, Friday in extra inninngs to win the championship. The state tournament was played in Moncks Corner.With the win, C-WC will move on to play in the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series in Ruston, LA. It is July 27-thru-Aug 2.C-WC […]
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Irmo Fire crews were on the scene of a vehicle collision, Saturday, with injuries. The crash occurred in the 100 block of Jamil Rd, close to St Andrew’s Rd. Jamil was closed. Crews had to cut one person out of a vehicle. Injuries were minor.
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Lexington County Fire Service, Lexington County EMS, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Swansea Police Department are on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 800 block of Redmond Mill Road in Swansea. The fire was reported before 7 p.m., Friday. The road was closed while emergency crews are on scene. No injuries have […]
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