Month: January 2025
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jake Brady Ergle (age 38) of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. 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, also a member of […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy held a press conference, Thursday, to announce the opening of its new satellite campus in Irmo. The campus, located at 617 Koon Road, will initially serve 600 students in grades 6-10, and serve grades 6-12 at full matriculation. As a satellite campus, the Irmo location will exist as an extension of GCA’s […]
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Lexington Two schools and offices will be open on Friday, January 24, on a two-hour delayed start. The delayed start will offer slightly warmer temperatures for safer road travel. While classes will start two hours later than the normal schedule, afternoon dismissal will be at the normal time. Students and staff should arrive two hours […]
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The City of West Columbia City Hall will reopen to the public on Friday, Jan. 24, for regular business hours, following a closure due to hazardous weather and road conditions. The following delays in openings and service changes are: Service Updates Sanitation: All Thursday sanitation and recycling routes will run on Friday, Jan. 24. Parks: […]
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The portrait of Sen. Nikki Setzler was unveiled, Wednesday, in a ceremony in the Chamber of the South Carolina Senate. Setzler’s nine grandchildren unveiled the portrait that will hang on the upper wall of the three-story room. “I absolutely loved serving in the South Carolina Senate,” said Setzler, who served for 48 years. He retired […]
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All Lexington county administrative offices will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 23, 2025, due to winter weather and hazardous roadways. The following offices are expected to open at 10:00 a.m.: • County Libraries • County Judicial Facilities • Lexington County Recreations and Aging Commission Offices and Activities • County Administration offices • […]
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Lexington Two schools will be on an eLearning day Thursday, January 23. Lingering snow and ice is expected to refreeze tonight and into the early morning hours Thursday, creating unsafe travel conditions, particularly on neighborhood and secondary roads. Right now, the weather forecast does not call for temperatures to get above freezing on Thursday until […]
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The snow began to fall around 3 Tuesday afternoon. Lexington County got at least an inch of snow, and some areas got more than that. Snow totals were up to 2 inches on cars, and yards were covered. From the National Weather Service – Columbia: “The last lingering snow showers have pushed east but snow […]
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