Month: February 2024
News release from CAYCE, SC – On February 7, 2023, the Cayce Police Department was alerted to a bomb threat received at Airport High School. As a safety precaution, the school was evacuated immediately and searched for any sort of explosive device. Thankfully, none were found. CPD responded to three additional bomb threats at Airport High School in February. The safety of […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person that was killed in a vehicle vs. motorcycle, Sunday at approximately 1:30 pm. on South Lake Drive at Paps Drive in Lexington County. Fisher states that Mr. Hunter Avery Rabon, 19, of Newberry was operating a Kawasaki motorcycle and was traveling westbound on South Lake Drive […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the autopsy results of the person found deadalong the shoulder of I-20 Westbound at MM62 on February 2, 2024. The person who was positively identified as Miss Stephanie Chanel Quintana, 22, of Columbia was founddead on the shoulder of the highway by a passerby on Friday morning of […]
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Irmo Fire District crews were on the scene of a structure fire in the 300 block of Hempsted Road, Monday. Damage was minor and there were no injuries. The cause is currently under investigation. Rail work did not hamper the response. Irmo Fire has modified its operational plans and redeployed resources during the rail project […]
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One person died and two others were injured in a Lexington County crash on Sunday afternoon, according to Master Trooper William Bennett of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. He said the crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. on South Lake Drive at Paps Drive south of Lexington. A 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle was heading east on South […]
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A crash occurred in the Town of Lexington this early Friday morning. Police, EMS and fire services responded to the collision. It resulted in the closing of one inbound lane (the right lane) of Augusta Road. As a result of the collision a power pole was snapped after being hit by a truck.Crews eventually cleared […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified a body that was discovered on I-20 Westbound at MM 62 on the shoulder of the highway in the Columbia area of Lexington County on February 2, 2024 at approximately 07:15 A.M. According to Fisher, Miss Stephanie Chanel Quintana, 22, of Columbia was found dead on the grassy […]
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West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a great destination to observe nature, history, and the structures placed beside the Congaree River because of its importance to the ecosystem. Riverwalk sits at the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers, that forms the Congaree, at the magnificent Gervais Street Bridge. The 1,415-foot-long concrete bridge opened in 1927. It […]
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