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As Thanksgiving day fades into evening, all thoughts turn to Black Friday. In West Columbia retailers look forward to Christmas shoppers to boost their bottom line. And shoppers are eager to oblige. “My Black Friday sales already started earlier this week,” said Lainie Lewis, owner of State Street Trading Company at 134 State Street in […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified a man who was killed after being struck by a vehicle Tuesday at approximately 4:45 p.m. The accident occurred in the 2800 block of Augusta Highway US 1) in Lexington. Four people have been killed on Lexington County roads since last Thursday. A 22-year-old man was killed last Thursday […]
Read More >>A suspect identified as Michael Todd Slater of West Columbia has been arrested and charged by the Cayce Department of Public Safety with one count of criminal sexual conduct with a minor first degree and two counts of criminal sexual conduct with a minor third degree. Slater was taken into custody without incident Wednesday morning […]
Read More >>South Carolina’s unemployment rate remained unchanged from September to October at 3.3 percent, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce monthly report. Lexington County had the second-lowest unemployment rate in the state at 2.8 percent. Richland County’s unemployment rate of 3.3 percent (same as the statewide average) was the 17th lowest, of South […]
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Northside Baptist Church provided a Thanksgiving feast for Riverbank Elementary School 4K students feast Tuesday. The students tried different foods and celebrated together. The students at Saluda River Academy for the Arts had a Book Parade, Tuesday. Look who was there. Lexington 2 photos.
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The S.C. Highway Patrol reported Tuesday that one person died from injuries suffered in a that occurred around 11:15 a.m. on I-20. A portion of I-20 was closed near Sunset Blvd. (US-378) near mile marker 59, in both directions, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, crews were working the crash involving an 18-wheeler. The […]
Read More >>Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green is seeking the assistance of the local community in locating a missing person who was last seen recently in the Town of Lexington. Corey David Dubose, age 32 of Leesville, was dropped off by family members at a business on the 100 block of US-378 on the afternoon of Monday, […]
Read More >>The Lexington Police Department continues to investigate a collision that resulted in a fatality. The crash occurred Thursday, at the intersection of Augusta Road/US-1 and Morgan Drive. The LPD provided updated information on the crash via Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. At approximately 7:15 a.m., officers of the Lexington Police Department responded to a vehicle collision […]
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