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From the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office – Christopher J. Brisbon, a 31 year old Columbia man, has been sentenced to forty (45) years in prison following his conviction in Lexington County for Murder, Burglary – Second Degree (violent) and Possession of a Weapon during commission of a Violent Crime. Judge Eugene C. Griffith, Jr. imposed […]
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The mother of a West Columbia woman reported her daughter as missing on Friday. Thirty-one-year-old Gena Autury Renee Smith was last seen by her mother at their West Columbia home on Thursday. She was wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt, and a plaid jacket. She is five feet four inches tall and weighs 145 pounds. […]
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The popular Rhythm on the River Concerts, Presented by the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce will be back this spring. The first show is April 30. The concerts are on Saturdays and start at 6 p.m. at the Riverwalk Amphitheater, 109 Alexander Road, West Columbia. Lexington Medical Center and Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corporation are sponsors. […]
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Bricks and Stones Pizza is closing, effective March 19. It’s in the Woodberry Plaza at 3234 Augusta Road in West Columbia. That’s the Big Lots shopping center. The message below appeared on the Bricks and Stone Facebook page Thursday afternoon. “As some of you already know Bricks and Stones Pizza Company will be closing our […]
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Old Cherokee Road, from North Lake Drive to Pilgrim Church Road, was closed for a gas main break, Thursday afternoon. The road was open only for local access up to Cherokee Pond Trail from North Lake Drive .The road closure lasted until about 7 p.m. Residents were evacuated from their homes where it was necessary.
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A Lexington County man is accused of stabbing a relative at a Gaston home Wednesday night. Richard James Lewis, 40, is charged with attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Deputies went to a home on Mimosa Drive shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday after a woman called […]
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March is National Literacy Month and Wednesday was Read Across America Day. With the focus on reading, West Columbia schools are implementing programs to promote literacy in an effort to make reading more fun and rewarding. “We’re having brackets, like the March Madness college basketball tournament,” said Shelly Breedlove, media specialist at Northside Middle School. […]
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The Cayce Police Department and Cayce Fire Department have made an arrest in the fire at Cayce Trinity Baptist Church that took place in the early morning hours of Feb. 24. Tuesday, Paul Peter Lavoie, 53, was interviewed, placed under arrest and charged with second degree burglary and second degree arson. He was transported to the Lexington County Detention Center. Investigators and patrol […]
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