Month: February 2025
Linda Alford-Wooten, a board member in Lexington School District Two, has been recognized by the South Carolina School Boards Association (SCSBA) for 15 years of school board service. Alford-Wooten was presented a service pin and certificate at Lexington Two’s January 16, board meeting, as part of National School Board Recognition Month. Alford-Wooten has served in […]
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It is seldom that someone has the heart to invest their personal vision with a West Columbia, Cayce institution that has had a profound impact on our local history. But that’s what happened when Mark Smith opened McAlister-Smith Funeral Home in the historic site of Thompson Funeral Home, at 200 State Street. The funeral home […]
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A football coach with more than 25 years of experience at the high school and collegiate levels has been selected for the top athletics post at Brookland-Cayce High School. Louis Clyburn, who is the current assistant head football coach and offensive coordinator at Camden High School in Kershaw County, is Brookland-Cayce’s new athletic director and head […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Shaquezius Leevontae Dennis (age 19), 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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The Zaxbys restaurant at 821 Knox-Abbott Drive in Cayce was demolished in August. Sign on the property read: “Closed for Renovations – Be right Back” and another sign said: “We’re Getting a Makeover.” The plan was to rebuild and reopen the new and updated Zaxbys early 2025. The new building is now complete. The City […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died in a single- vehicle accident in the 400 block of Westwoods Drive in the Chapin area of Lexington County on Friday. According to Fisher, Mr. Christopher Lee Morris, 37, of Little Mountain was traveling westbound on Westwoods Drive when he traveled off the left […]
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