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A Dutch Fork High School football player died after collapsing at football practice, Tuesday. Jack Alkhatib, 17 of Irmo, was identified as the player who died by Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford Wednesday. Lexington-Richland School District Five issued a statement late Tuesday night confirming the student had passed away. But the student was not identified. […]
Read More >>Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of stealing electronics and boating items from a boat on Lake Murray. Eric Nickels, 36, is charged with grand larceny and receiving stolen goods, according to arrest warrants. “Based on what detectives have pieced together during their review of the case, Nickels paddled a kayak up to […]
Read More >>Charlene Louise MungoSeptember 19, 1937 ~ August 17, 2021 (age 83) Charlene Jeffords Mungo, 83, of West Columbia, joined our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on August 17, 2021. She was born on September 19, 1937, in Columbia, SC to the late Charles M. Jeffords Jr. and Dorothy Brazzell in the Rosewood Community. She walked […]
Read More >>A Gaston teen was killed in a single-vehicle in Fairfield County.Joshua Ray Brown, 18, of Gaston was killed in a single-vehicle accident, Friday, according to the Fairfield County Coroner’s Office. Coroner Chris Hill said Brown was traveling on Highway 21 N when he lost control of his vehicle causing it to flip multiple times. Brown […]
Read More >>Frank Mungo, 86 and Charlene Mungo, 83 of West Columbia were two of dozens of people who died as a result of floodwaters from Hurricane Fred that swept through the mountains of North Carolina on Tuesday, Aug. 17. Shannon Ledford posted on Facebook that the Mungos were regulars at Laurel Bank Campground in Haywood County […]
Read More >>Lexington Police and Lexington County EMS were on the scene of a collision on Sunset Boulevard (US-378) at Old Cherokee Road before 9 a.m., Monday had multiple inbound and outbound lanes closed. Inbound traffic was detoured onto Old Cherokee Road. All lanes were reopened before 10 a.m.. The collision was caused by a driver failing […]
Read More >>The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood warning for parts of Lexington County, Sunday afternoon, as storms that could produce up-to 3 inches of rain moved through. West Columbia, Cayce, Springdale, Lexington, South Congaree, Pine Ridge, and the Columbia Metro Airport were included in the Flash Flood warning. West Columbia was once named Brookland […]
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