Month: April 2024
Irmo Fire District crews, with help from Lexington County Fire Service, and the Columbia Fire Department, responded to a structure fire on Pine Island. Monday. One structure was destroyed and a second structure was heavily damaged. The fire could be seen from the Lake Murray Dam. Irmo Fire photos
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that a Lexington County man has been sentenced to five years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material, drugs, and resisting arrest. On Monday, Jordan Keith Agee pleaded guilty to Resisting Arrest, Possession of Less Than 1 Gram of Methamphetamine/Cocaine Base, and four counts of Sexual Exploitation of a […]
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that a Lexington County man who was already a registered sex offender was sentenced to six years in prison for soliciting someone he thought was a minor. On Monday, Steven Leslie Wright pleaded guilty to Criminal Solicitation of a Minor and Attempted Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Person Under […]
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A fourth-grade Riverbank Elementary School student is the winner of the 12th Annual Future Chefs Challenge in Lexington Two. Katherine Desiderio Garcia’s Mexican Bionico recipe included a variety of fruits like cantaloupe, mango, papaya, strawberries, apple and banana paired with Greek yogurt, granola, coconut, sour cream, condensed milk, and vanilla extract. A panel of judges […]
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Students, teachers, staff, and volunteers came together this week for Cayce Elementary’s 4th Unified Day. As a Unified Champion School through Special Olympics South Carolina, Cayce Elementary’s goal is to provide an opportunity for students with and without disabilities the chance to build confidence, self-esteem, resilience, sportsmanship, and awareness for others. The spring event, held […]
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Lexington Two Superintendent Dr. Brenda Hafner, last year’s State Teacher of the Year finalist Anne Reamer, and the district’s current Teachers of the Year participated this week in a Lexington Two Teacher Forum Legislative Hill Day at the South Carolina State House in Columbia. Among activities, the group met with representatives from the Palmetto State […]
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Lexington County deputies have arrested a West Columbia man accused of shooting at a woman after an argument last month. Korey Muller, 20, is charged with attempted murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime, possession with intent to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to arrest warrants. “Based on […]
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WestMetroNews and Dawn Kujawa – Lexington 2 Schools – The signs of spring are abundant at Riverbank and Cayce elementary schools. On Monday, Chuck Underhill of House of Raeford, brought six fertilized eggs to a kindergarten class at each school. By Thursday those eggs were hatching into baby chicks. “We use the baby chicks to […]
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