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The 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office announced the 15-year sentence of a Lexington County man convicted of criminal sexual conduct and burglary in unrelated cases. Registered Sex Offender Sentenced to 15 Years for the Sexual Battery of a 14-Year-Old Girl in Lexington County Last week, Timothy Michael Jones, Jr., age 33, pled guilty to Criminal Sexual […]
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Interstate – 26 is a lot more visible now from McSwain Drive in West Columbia. Crews commissioned by the SC Department of Transportation are clearing trees on McSwain Drive. The clearing is part of Phase 1 of the Carolina Crossroads project. The Carolina Crossroads Project is South Carolina’s number one priority interstate improvement project. The […]
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One person has died in a crash on SC 302 near Old Orangeburg Road, four miles west of South Congaree.The crash occurred around 1:23 a.m. Monday and involved a 2017 Kia Sol, said Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The driver of the car died after the car left the left […]
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Fire claims the life of man Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died at the scene of a house fire that occurred in the 200 block of Bent Tree Circle in Gaston shortly after 4 A.M. on Sunday, According to Fisher, Mr. Sollie Keith Kenta Benjamin, 43, of Gaston was pronounced […]
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The power is currently out at Northside Middle School in West Columbia due to a vehicle incident with the transformer. Dominion Energy is aware and is working to remedy the situation with the school’s maintenance team. It happened Friday around 6 a.m. It is possible that electric power to the school building will be out […]
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Chris Kueny, owner of Substation II in Cayce, has passed away. He was also, at one time, a candidate for Cayce City Council. His passing was acknowledged on the Congaree Riverkeeper website where the following was written:“Our community has lost a giant. Last night Chris Kueny, a founding board member of Congaree Riverkeeper passed away.” Link […]
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Football season is upon us. Brookland-Cayce, Airport, and Gray Collegiate Academy begin the high school football season on Friday night. The Bearcats travel to Byrnes and Airport hosts Swansea. Gray is on the road at Oceanside. All games begin at 7:30 p.m. The University of South Carolina is coming off an impressive bowl win over […]
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The City of Cayce is issuing a Call for Artists for various Cayce River Arts District improvements. Cayce would like to commission the following: • Adorn manhole covers and storm drains with art • Install decorative bike racks • Develop a plan to map and fill in key urban streetscape gaps Responding artists do not have to […]
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