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Stein Mart closing amid COVID-19 crisis

Stein Mart, a sore that has been around for 112–years, has filed for bankruptcy. Most stores will close, and likely the one in Lexington. The COVID-19 crisis “caused significant financial distress on our business,” Stein Mart CEO Hunt Hawkins said in a release on Wednesday. The coronavirus forced store closings in many states. It was […]

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Spa 131 – Then and Now

This older photo is of the State Bank and Trust Company at 131 State Street in West Columbia in 1967. The photo came from an ad in the 1967 Airport High School Yearbook that is in the possession of Bill Mooneyhan. The building is the current site of Spa 131. Spa 131  is a premier […]

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Ann Bailey-Robinson elected to Cayce City Council in special election

Ann Bailey- Robinson received 58 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election to fill Cayce City Council seat No. 3. J. Kelly Wuest got 23 percent of the vote and Robin Milton received 19 percent. There were 53 votes cast in the election. The term for Council Seat 3 is set to expire on […]

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64 Lexington Two students named AP Scholars

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – Sixty-four Lexington Two high school students earned scores high enough on multiple AP exams to be named AP Scholars, with one earning National AP Scholar, a distinction given to fewer than 1 percent of students nationwide. The Advanced Placement (AP) Program recognizes high school students who […]

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Pair Elementary site approved for learning program for students

The former George I. Pair, Jr. Elementary School building on Platt Springs Road was approved as a program site for students by the Lexington Two Board at its meeting, Thursday. There will be a five-day-a-week supervised learning program operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands in partnership with Still Hopes, at the […]

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Cayce ends moratorium on building large subdivisions

In December, the City of Cayce implemented a moratorium on the building of large scale residential subdivisions of 15 or more homes or multi-family units (apartment buildings) of four or more. Last Tuesday, Cayce City Council held a public meeting for input on the extension of the moratorium. City Council decided against extending the temporary […]

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2 Lexington County deputies shot responding to domestic call, SLED investigating

Two deputies were injured after an exchange of gunfire with man in Woodland Village apartments, according to a report just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. The apartments are off Bush River Road near where the I-20 and I-26 come together. All three were transported to the hospital with gunshot wounds. […]

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President Trump orders more unemployment pay, and a payroll tax deferral

President Donald Trump on Saturday moved to defer payroll taxes and extend expired unemployment benefits after Congress failed to pass a new coronavirus rescue package. From Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump signed four executive orders to help Americans amid the coronavirus crisis that is threatening the country’s economy. Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal […]

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