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Gamecocks, Brookland-Cayce and Gray score big football wins

It was a big weekend for some local football teams.Not only did the Gamecocks come-from-behind, Saturday, in dramatic fashion, to defeat East Carolina, 20-17, high school football teams had a big weekend. USC, down 14-0 at one time, is now 2-0 for the first time in almost 40 years with the ECU win. High school […]

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1 killed, juvenile injured in Lexington crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single vehicle accident in the 2300 block of South Lake Drive at approximately 3 a.m., Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Charles Lamar Chestnut, 22, of Lexington was traveling westbound towards Lexington when his vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, […]

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Firefighters battle apartment blaze for 4 hours Saturday, 20 families displaced

Fire crews from West Columbia, Lexington County, Irmo, and Columbia fought a large fire at an apartment complex in Lexington County Saturday. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries fighting the blaze. The fire was at Peachtree Place Apartments on Berryhill Road in Seven Oaks near Irmo.The fire was first reported around noon and was not placed […]

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Tunnel to Towers run through West Columbia and Cayce commemorates 911

American patriotism was on display vividly, Friday evening as the Tunnel to Towers Foundation run came through West Columbia and Cayce. Commemorating the tragedy of 9/11, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation celebrates heroism and supports fallen and injured first responders, military heroes and their families. This year the run started at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention […]

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Lexington County Sheriff part of effort to target sexual predators, several arrested

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies have worked together on a month-long operation targeting adults accused of contacting children online for sexual activity. Seventeen men have been arrested as part of the operation. Another man is wanted on charges stemming from messages exchanged with law enforcement officers posing as minors on social media apps. […]

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The River District’s membership is growing

More and more business owners are becoming members of West Columbia’s River District Association. The River District Association is a non-profit organization that promotes the growth and viability of small and independently owned businesses in The River District, from Riverwalk, on the Congaree River, to Triangle City. The River District Association met Thursday at the […]

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Gervais Street Bridge Dinner scheduled for Oct. 10 postponed because of COVID

The Gervais Street Bridge Dinner scheduled for Oct. 10 has been postponed because of a spike in COVID cases. The organizers of the Bridge Dinner has done their best to navigate the current COVID climate, that include the Delta variant. The organizers hope is to be a solution to the issue by being conscious and […]

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Cayce, West Columbia streets to be blocked for Tunnel to Towers Run Friday evening

The Tunnel to Towers Foundation Run is Friday evening, All lanes of the Gervais St. Bridge will be temporarily blocked Friday for the Tunnel to Towers Foundation Run to commemorate the 911 attacks of 2001. The run begins at 7 p.m. and the bridge will be closed 6:45 p.m. The run route travels over the […]

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