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Lexington Medical Center is not allowing visitors. The south entrance of the hospital is currently closed. All approved visitors must use the main entrance off East Hospital Drive. The ER policy varies a little. One visitor is allowed to accompany a non-COVID-19 patient to the Emergency Department. If the emergency department lobby reaches capacity, the […]
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A Lexington woman has been accused of having sex in public with a Surfside Beach man. Lori Marie Harmon, of Lexington, and Eric Harmon, of Surfside Beach, both 36, allegedly had sex on the Myrtle Beach Skywheel ride and in a community pool, according to Myrtle Beach Police. The two have the same last name, […]
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The Lexington Two School District resumed in-person classes, five days a week, Tuesday. According to data collected by the district there were 41 positive COVID cases in the district as of Sunday. There are about 8,500 students in Lexington Two and 31 of the students tested positive for COVID in the week of Jan. 11-17. […]
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Governor Henry McMaster his toured Lexington Medical Center’s vaccination clinic in West Columbia Monday afternoon. He’s to wants the COVID-19 vaccination rate to increase. “We’ve got to speed it up, we know how to speed it up, and we will speed it up,” McMaster said. There are more than 200,000 vaccine appointments on the books […]
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LaGeorge Raul Jackson of Lexington was arrested in Chester County Saturday after a police chase that reached speeds of more than 100 mph. Pelion Police said LaGeorge 30, robbed a Dollar General store in Pelion on Jan. 11. Jackson was being sought for Common Law Robbery and Assault and Battery First Degree. He is also […]
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Two men are wanted by the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department in connection to the theft of catalytic converters. Eric McConnell Smith, 39, cut one off a car parked in the 1500 block of Pond Branch Road Dec. 17, according to an arrest warrant. Brandon Lee Suggs, 38, placed a stolen catalytic converter into a car […]
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Prisma Health is opening a dedicated high-volume community COVID-19 vaccine center in Columbia, Monday. the site will be by appointment only. FILE PHOTO – Covid testing at Brookland Baptist Church. Prisma Health Drive-Through Vaccination Site in Columbia is at 22 National Guard Rd., Columbia, SC 29201 (Gamecock Park near USC Williams-Brice Stadium). It will currently […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single-vehicle incident that occurred in the 900 block of Sharon Church Road, Swansea, at approximately 8:40 p.m., Friday. According to Fisher, Mr. Walter Mark Cassidy, 53, of Swansea was pronounced dead at the scene due to his injuries. Mr. Cassidy’s vehicle left […]
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