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The Columbia Greek Festival began Thursday. The four-day (Thurs.-Sun.) event features Greek foods, art and culture. The mission is to raise money for the church and charities. The Columbia Greek Festival is in its 31st year. The event is free to attend. Columbia Greek Festival hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. until 10 p.m. The […]
Read More >>A Lexington man is charged with two counts of attempted murder for shooting at two men who visited his home early Sunday morning. Kyle Obara, 35, fired a handgun at the men as they fled his Weaver Drive residence, according to arrest warrants. No shots hit the two men. Obara is also charged with kidnapping and possessing […]
Read More >>The addition of another landmark building on the Brookland-Cayce High School campus is being scheduled. At the Lexington School District Two Board meeting in August, architect Todd Sease said builders would like to begin vertical construction at the first of 2018 on the new basketball/volleyball arena planned for the school. An early-site package could begin […]
Read More >>The West Columbia Police Department is asking for help to locate a man who is accused of robbing the Circle K at 2308 Augusta Rd. in West Columbia. Police said an armed robbery occurred on Tuesday at approximately 11 p.m. The suspect entered the business, according to police, wearing a black Gamecock cap, white t-shirt […]
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West Columbia’s emergency preparedness is a team of competence When large numbers of people are counting on you, like they were this week with Tropical Storm Irma, city of West Columbia officials must be ready to repsond. That is true when any emergency is approaching. In those cases, the city’s staff transitions from its normal […]
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The Wyman M. “Mac” Rish Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater is open to the public after being closed due to the effects of Hurricane Irma.
Read More >>More than 15,000 households were without power in Lexington County at one point Monday as the storm caused by Hurricane Irma passed through, according to SCE&G’s online outage map. Click for link to SCE&G outage map Statewide, as many as 150,000 homes were without power. A majority of the power outages were Charleston County and […]
Read More >>The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department reported an officer-involved shooting in Leesville, Monday afternoon. And now Lexington County deputies are searching for a suspect who pulled a gun on a deputy. According to a sheriff’s department report, a suspect pulled a handgun on a Lexington County deputy along Devils Backbone Road. According to the report, the […]
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