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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single-vehicle accident. It occurred in the 1800 block of Saint Matthews Road near Swansea at approximately 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. According to Fisher, Mr. Arbie Dewayne “Wayne” Taylor, 48, of Gaston was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in the […]
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Jayla Jamison, a Pine Ridge Middle School student and member of Airport High School’s track and field team, has been named Class 4A Athlete of the Year by the SC Coaches Association of Women’s Sports. Jamison will be honored- with five other athletes – at a June 10 awards banquet by the association. Jamison went […]
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Todd R. Lyle received 329 votes in the Town of Lexington Council race held Tuesday. With 40 percent of the vote, he was the leader. Bennett Casto received 299 votes, or 36 percent. Jeremy Addy was third with 187 votes and 23 percent. The election was held to fill the seat of former town Councilman Ted Stambolitis […]
Read More >>Release from the US Army A U.S. Army general officer died Sunday, while on transition leave in Lake Murray. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey L. Bannister was assigned to U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., working as a special projects officer for the Chief of Staff of the Army as he awaited retirement in […]
Read More >>The S.C. Department of Transportation is reporting that an illegal, oversized vehicle (other sources report it was a dump truck) struck the US 1 bridge (at mile marker 58) over the I-20 eastbound lanes Tuesday afternoon. SCDOT inspectors were on-site to analyze the damage to the bridge. Traffic was detoured. All lanes of I-20 were […]
Read More >>A collision on I-20 at Augusta Road (at mile marker 58) in Lexington County has resulted in the closing of the eastbound ramp to the interstate. Emergency response officials, on Tuesday afternoon, were advising motorists to seek an alternate route. The bed of a dump truck hit the bridge on I-20 EB at the 58 […]
Read More >>West Columbia’s Derek Cothran won the S.C. American Public Works Association Regional Backhoe Rodeo, Friday. It was presented by the Columbia Public Works Department. Cothran will advance to the State competition in Greenville in August. Cothran works in West Columbia’s Water-Sewer Department. His overall time was 290 seconds for three events. Second and third place […]
Read More >>Tristan Addison Widener, 29, pleaded guilty this week in Lexington County to multiple financial crimes, according to the 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office. He was sentenced to a consecutive total of 20 years in prison, followed by five years of probation and restitution to the victims. The evidence revealed that Widener preyed, the solicitor’s office said, […]
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