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Man drowns on the Saluda River

A man died Saturday in a kayaking incident on the Saluda River, Saturday. The incident took place above 500 Wildlife Parkway in Columbia at approximately 11:30 a.m. Gregory Hinson, Jr., 27, of Bundrick Road in Winnsboro, was transported from the scene by Richland County EMS to Prisma Health Richland Memorial Hospital where he died at […]

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Kinetic Derby Day is “amazing” under bright sunny skies in West Columbia

It was the most-beautiful day in West Columbia. The sun shined brightly on the city’s Second Annual Kinetic Derby Day. After a Meeting Street parade of human-powered contraptions – of the most-creative sort- racers in some odd vehicles – did soapbox. Music played on State Street, vendors displayed, and the smell of seasoned chicken, and […]

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Kinetic Derby Day is “amazing” under bright sunny skies in West Columbia

It was the most-beautiful day in West Columbia. The sun shined brightly on the city’s Second Annual Kinetic Derby Day. After a Meeting Street parade of human-powered contraptions – of the most-creative sort- racers in some odd vehicles – did soapbox. Music played on State Street, vendors displayed, and the smell of seasoned chicken, and […]

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Chick-fil-A drive-thru customer takes down brick wall

The Chick-fil-A drive-thru at Saluda Pointe in Lexington had be closed for a while Friday night until the result of a collision could be cleared from the driveway. A driver hit a brick wall and damaged it. The driver was transported to the hospital by EMS with unknown injuries, according to the Lexington Police Department. […]

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Rhythm on the River rocks with BC Villanova, Kinetic Derby Day, Soiree on State are Saturday

. There was a special Friday edition of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Rhythm on the River Spring Concert Series. It featured BC Villanova as the headline act. Before that Britt, Ervin and Crosby played on an perfect evening by the water. And that’s not all.  Saturday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., it’s West Columbia’s 2nd Annual […]

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Chick-fil-A drive-thru customer takes down brick wall

The Chick-fil-A drive-thru at Saluda Pointe in Lexington had be closed for a while Friday night until the result of a collision could be cleared from the driveway. A driver hit a brick wall and damaged it. The driver was transported to the hospital by EMS with unknown injuries, according to the Lexington Police Department. […]

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Rhythm on the River rocks with BC Villanova, Kinetic Derby Day, Soiree on State are Saturday

. There was a special Friday edition of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber’s Rhythm on the River Spring Concert Series. It featured BC Villanova as the headline act. Before that Britt, Ervin and Crosby played on an perfect evening by the water. And that’s not all.  Saturday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., it’s West Columbia’s 2nd Annual […]

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Sunset Boulevard reopened after crash closed lanes

The Lexington Police Department reported a collision Thursday night. It was at the intersection of Sunset Blvd. (US-378) and Northside Blvd. and resulted in the closing of outbound lanes. Motorists were asked to please seek an alternate route while the road was cleared. It later reopened. The contributing factor causing the collision was failure to […]

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