Month: August 2023

SC Attorney General says Lexington man distributed files of child sexual abuse material and engaged in sexual activity with animals

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Charles Kevin Bourne, 58, of Lexington, on three charges 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 and U.S. Marshals Service, both […]

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“Stunning” West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles describes new mural on Brookland development wall

There is a new mural on the inside wall of the Brookland Development at State and Meeting streets in West Columbia. “Absolutely stunning” is the way West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles described the mural. Brian Tull is the artist who painted the mural. “The mural encapsulates the history and the spirit of ‘Brookland’” said Miles. […]

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Taylor Bundrick named as new Assistant Principal at Airport High School

Taylor Bundrick has been named as a new Assistant Principal at Airport High School. His placement in the new role was announced in a Lexington Two School District press release on Aug. 11. According to the release, Bundrick has more than 10 years of education experience. He first joined Airport as a math teacher in […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies Georgia man killed in I-20 wrong-way collision

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the person who died in a two car collision near the 53 mile marker of Interstate 20 westbound in the Lexington area of Lexington County at approximately 1:50 A.M. on Sunday.   According to Fisher, Mr. Brian Francis Vyhnal, 55, of Hephzibah, Georgia was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-20 when he collided head-on with an SUV near the 53 mile […]

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Lexington woman identified by coroner as the victim of Fish Hatchery Road head-on collision

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died as the result of a two-car collision in the 5000 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Lexington County at approximately 4 P.M., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Valerie Renee Dimick, 49, of Lexington was a passenger in an SUV traveling southbound on Fish Hatchery Road when the vehicle she was in was struck head-on by another vehicletraveling northbound.  Mrs. Dimick, who was wearing […]

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2 killed in separate accidents in Lexington County, Saturday and early Sunday morning

One person died Saturday after a collision, around 4 p.m., on Fish Hatchery Road about four miles north of Pelion, near SC 6. A 2006 Saab sedan, with a driver from Lexington, was traveling south on Fish Hatchery Road, said Lt. Mitchell Ridgeway of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2007 Chevy van, with a driver […]

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Lexington Police Department is looking for man charged with domestic violence

The Lexington Police Department is looking for Marquel King Ross, age 30 of Lexington. He has been charged with Domestic Violence – 1st Degree, after a recent incident. During an argument, Marquel Ross allegedly threatened the victim with a handgun at her residence on Rauch Street in the Town of Lexington on July 28. He […]

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West Columbia motorcycle gang member gets 25 years in prison, prosecutors say he brought “large amounts” of meth into Lexington County

Steven Daniel Brown, 50, known as “Steve-O” and a validated member of a motorcycle gang, was convicted of trafficking 400 grams or more of methamphetamine by a Lexington County jury last week. He was sentenced to 25 years in the SC Department of Corrections on Aug. 10, by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper, Jr. […]

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