Month: March 2024
The House of Raeford Beyond Goals Soccer Tournament took place across from Riverbank Elementary School, Thursday afternoon. Beyond Goals is a mentorship program instilling perseverance, teamwork, and sportsmanship to elementary school students. The program is headed by Riverbank School Resource Officer India Taylor of the West Columbia Police Department. There was a DJ playing music […]
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Busbee Creative Arts Academy and Brookland-Cayce High School Archery Teams have achieved an unprecedented milestone by qualifying for the South Carolina NASP State Tournament in both the IBO and Bullseye categories. The achievement marks the first time in the program’s history that both schools and both teams have secured qualification for the prestigious state tournament. […]
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Irmo Fire District Units responded to a structure fire in the 200 block of Berryhill Rd. early Thursday morning. With assistance from Columbia Fire Department (SC), West Columbia Fire Department, and County of Lexington, SC Fire Department, the fire was under control in about 2 hours. This apartment building is vacant and the cause of […]
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A veteran South Carolina educator with more than two decades of experience at the elementary, middle, and high school levels has been selected as Lexington School District Two’s new chief academic and innovation officer. currently serves as assistant superintendent for school leadership in the Greenville County Schools, the state’s largest district, where he provides support […]
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Tem Miles was elected mayor of West Columbia in 2019. He was reelected in 2023. Before that, he served 6 years on West Columbia City Council, representing Dist. 4. Miles owns a law firm. He has a wife, Cassie Shea Miles, also an attorney, and 3 daughters, Emma; Cate; and Charlotte. “Being mayor of West […]
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The Lexington Police Department reported a crash on Chariot Street (between West Main Street and Hendrix Street) around 7 p.m. Wednesday. The street was closed due to a 2-car collision. One of the vehicles involved was overturned. Police asked drivers to please avoid the area. Emergency personnel were working to clear the road. LPD photo
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a multi-vehicle accident near the 61-mile marker of I-20 eastbound in the Lexington area of Lexington County at approximately 9:45 a.m., Wednesday. According to Fisher, Mr. Andre Tyrone Eason, 30, of Augusta, GA was disabled with his vehiclein the road after his enclosed […]
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A person who was attempting to reattach a trailer that came loose from a 2020 Dodge Ram was killed on I-20 Wednesday. The incident occurred in the eastbound lane of I-20 near Mile Marker 61 around 9:45 a.m., according to Master Trooper William Bennett of the SC Highway Patrol. There were 3 vehicles and a […]
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