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Micah Caskey defeated Melanie Shull by 26 votes in the GOP Primary for the SC House District 89 seat. There will be an automatic recount because of the closeness of the race. The seat covers parts of West Columbia, Cayce and Springdale. No Democrat is running for the seat. Caskey received 1,530 votes and Shull […]
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Todd Cullum won his District 9 Lexington County Council seat, Tuesday. Cullum defeated Bobby L. Porter in the primary. Cullum received about 74 percent of the vote to Porter’s 26 percent. Cullum, who lives in Cayce, got 1,174 votes. Porter received 423 votes. He won the GOP Primary and will retain the seat because there […]
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a single-vehicle accident in the 600 block of Founders Road in Lexington shortly before 3 p.m., Tuesday. According to Fisher, Mr. Tavon T. Blazek-Hill, 26, of Gaston was traveling southbound on Founders Road when the vehicle he was driving ran off the left […]
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The Cayce and the West Columbia Police Departments want to reduce crime. On Monday, the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber hosted “Coffee with the Chiefs” to promote a Business Crime Watch Program. The event featured Cayce Police Chief Chris Cowan and West Columbia Police Chief Marion Boyce at Stone River in West Columbia. “Our goal is […]
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Mr. Tom Osteen owner of ATO Ltd., 1100 Charleston Highway, West Columbia passed away, Saturday. Osteen was a member of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Board. He was recognized as the Chamber’s Business of the Quarter in February of 2021. A C-WC Chamber announced Osteen’s passing on social media, Monday afternoon. “I’m so saddened, Tom always […]
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The South Carolina primary election is Tuesday. There are SC House races in Lexington County, along with primaries for statewide offices. Click link to get more information Elections in which no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote will result in a runoff. Runoff elections, that will feature the top two vote recipients […]
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Tackle Box Bait and Tackle is now open at 743 Meeting St. in West Columbia. The spot was most recently Jake’s Place. It’s described as a friendly neighborhood hangout that is in a soft opening phase right now and will sell fishing bait, including: crickets; cut bait; live minnows and herring (for striper fishing.) Tackle […]
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a vehicle versus tractor trailer accident near the intersection of Highway 378 and Lake Village Drive in Leesville shortly after 11 a.m. Friday. According to Fisher, Mr. Bobby Joe Price, 64, of Leesville who was the passenger in a pickup truck was traveling […]
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