Month: December 2023
Gray Collegiate Academy in West Columbia has been moved up two classifications after the SC High School League implemented realignment, Tuesday. Gray will from a 2A school to 4A. Other 2A high schools in Region 4 refused to play Gray beginning last school year because Gray had dominated them in several sports. The SC High […]
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The Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber sponsored a Ribbon Cutting Tuesday morning at HOTWORX at 114 State St., City of West Columbia. West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles welcomed the new high-intensity physical workout facility to the revitalized “heart and center of town” where there is a “high level of energy.” Owner Tara Johns said she and […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a Chapin man accused of trying to stab a man to death Sunday. Cameron Thomas Hinckley, 23, is charged with attempted murder, first-degree burglary and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies were dispatched to a house on Loveless Lane in Chapin right before […]
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The West Columbia City Council passed a resolution, at its meeting Monday, recognizing the Gray Collegiate Academy Varsity Competitive Cheer Team for Winning the 2023 South Carolina AA State Cheer Competition. Gray competed against 13 other teams at Colonial Life Arena on Nov. 18, to win the championship. It is Gray’s second consecutive state cheer […]
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Black Rooster, the French Bistro fare restaurant at the corner of Alexander Road and Meeting Street, in the Brookland complex, is transitioning to Italian cuisine in 2024. The change was announced in a Facebook post. Black Rooster Chef/Owner Kristian Niemi said he is eager to get back to an Italian cuisine restaurant. The announcement comes […]
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Lavon Bernard Julius, age 43, originally from Columbia, was convicted Wednesday afternoon by a Lexington County jury, after approximately 30 minutes of deliberations, for the Murder of Zeloni Ellison, age 15. The trial began on Monday, with jury selection. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod, IV, presided over the trial and sentenced Julius to Life in […]
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A four-year-old boy has died after a fire on Thursday evening at a home in the Boiling Springs area of Lexington County. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in the house fire shortly after 6:30 p.m. as Mr. Lucas Ramirez Rodriguez, 4, of Lexington. He was pronounced dead at the […]
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Five Gray Collegiate athletes have signed college scholarships and plan to play on the college level. Those signing are: JT Sowell to play football at Appalachian State Rilan Cunningham to play football at Coastal Carolina Braylhan Thomas to play basketball at Georgia Southern Darius Carr to play basketball at Wingate University Avery Tucker to play […]
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