Month: January 2025
Residents of Lexington and Richland Counties get FREE daytime admission to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden every Friday in January and February. Winter hours on Jan. 10 or from 9 AM – 4 PM. After Jan. 10, Normal hours on Fridays are: 9 AM – 5 PM. Yes, Free Fridays are BACK at Riverbanks Zoo and […]
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It’s a new year and that means that a new group of High School seniors are making plans for college, including looking for scholarship opportunities. The Taylor Watford Foundation is honored to give $4,000 in scholarships in memory to those we have lost. Applicants, who will graduate in the Spring of 2025, are asked to […]
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A new FedEx Office, for Packing and Shipping, is scheduled to open in West Columbia in January.It’s in the Danwood Shopping Center on Augusta Road, beside Planet Fitness. A contact person for the new FedEx Office said the target opening date is Jan. 16.
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“Please keep the Outlaw family in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time,” said South Congaree Mayor Cindy Campbell. “Mr. Tar Outlaw, the last remaining founder of the Town of South Congaree, will be greatly missed, but his legacy will endure.” Below is Mr. Outlaw’s obituary. Paul David “Tar” Outlaw left his earthly life […]
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Charles Wesley Varn of Lexington County, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following a recent conviction in Lexington County General Sessions Court on December 17. Varn entered a plea to Felony DUI involving Death for a 2023 vehicle crash in which eight (8) week old Gabriel Arroyo was killed. Felony DUI involving Death […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Zachary Collins Woodward, (age 30) of Lexington, S.C., on six charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. 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 […]
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The freshwater fisheries section of the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, in December, started the process of stocking thousands of catchable-sized trout into the lower Saluda River. The trout come from the Walhalla State Fish Hatchery and will be delivered to multiple locations along the river, which flows into West Columbia, with the Broad […]
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Lexington County Sheriff’s Deputies are asking for your help in finding 21-year-old Tony Bernard Gantt. Gantt is wanted on two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature in connection to a home invasion that resulted in a death last month near Gaston. He is also accused of armed robbery, among other […]
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