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Tuesday is Election Day – 2020 – Polls open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.

Tuesday is Election Day in South Carolina. Polls are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Voters are not only casting ballots in the U.S. Presidential race, but there is a U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina being challenged. There are also many federal, state, and local contests. President Donald J. Trump is being challenged […]

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Airport High School senior Caleb Huggins to bowl at the college level

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – Airport High School senior Caleb Huggins declared his intent to bowl at the college level. Huggins announced his intent to sign with Belmont Abbey College during a ceremony at the Lexington Two high school Friday. The signing ceremony was attended by family members, Airport teachers and […]

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Only 1 COVID-related death in SC, Sunday

One death is too many, but only one COVID-related death was reported in the state, Sunday, according to the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control. There were 1,336 new COVID cases and 97 in Lexington County. The recovery rate for COVID is higher than 99 percent for patients under 70 years of age according […]

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Amazon is hiring 1,300 in SC, most of them at West Columbia Fulfillment Center

Halloween is over, election day is upon us and believe it or not, some are already preparing for the Christmas season. Amazon is looking to hire more than 1,300 seasonal employees in South Carolina, most of them at Amazon’s West Columbia fulfillment center at 4400 12th St. Ext., just outside of Cayce, near the I-77 […]

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Lexington County crash results in the death of a Columbia man, age 31

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred at the junction of Interstate 77 Northbound and Interstate 26 Eastbound at approximately 3 a.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Allen Ozoris Evans, 31, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in […]

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Reagan Daniels – Joyner is BCHS’s Homecoming Queen

Reagan Daniels- Joyner BCHS was crowned Brookland-Cayce’s homecoming queen, Friday night. She was introduced at the halftime of the Brookland-Cayce – Airport football game. The photos of Reagan and all of the Homecoming court were taken by Doreen Sizemore. In the football game, Brookland-Cayce defeated Airport 51-0.

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Roads to be closed for Veterans Parade in Lexington, Sunday

There will be road closures and detours in Lexington on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 1) for the 18th Annual Lexington County Veterans Parade in downtown Lexington. The road closures and detours will begin at 1 p.m., said Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. West Butler Street will be closed from Columbia Avenue to North Church Street, along […]

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Lexington Veterans Day Parade is Sunday

The 18th Annual Lexington County Veteran’s Parade is scheduled to take place Sunday (Nov. 1,) in Lexington along Main Street and South Lake Drive. The City of Columbia canceled its Veterans Day Parade because of COVID-19 fears. The parade will begin at 3 p.m. and will be Grand Marshaled by Ken Peterson, a U.S. Army […]

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