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Verizon Communications has awarded Prysmian Group a $300 million optical cable supply contract. Prysmian Group North America headquarters are in Lexington. The agreement supports Verizon’s U.S. network expansion around a next-generation fiber platform that will speed the implementation of 5G services. Verizon will supply 10.6 million miles of ribbon and loose tube cables. The agreement […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the victim of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred at approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday. The incident took place in the 200 block of Seleta Circle, near Pond Branch Road in Lexington County. Around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, a fugitive task force consisting of U.S. Marshals, deputies from Lexington and Richland […]
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Kevin Heise was formally introduced as the boys soccer coach at Gray Collegiate Academy on Tuesday. Emily, Brookland-Cayce’s current head coach Emily was named GCA’s girls soccer coach. Kevin is the former Brookland-Cayce High School soccer coach. Emily’s Brookland-Cayce Girls team won the Lower State Championship over Bishop England Monday. Her BC team will play Indian Land […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died due to a single-vehicle accident at approximately 1:40 Monday afternoon on Interstate 20 Eastbound, between mile markers 48 and 49 in Lexington County. According to Fisher, Bryan C. Andrews, 21, of Martinez, GA was killed when his vehicle left the road and struck the pillar […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy, a public charter school in West Columbia, announced the hiring of veteran husband and wife soccer coaching duo, Kevin and Emily Heise as their new boys’ and girls’ varsity coaches. A press conference is scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday. GCA, under the leadership of Principal Dr. Brian Newsome and Athletic Director Adam […]
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The Brookland-Cayce Girls Soccer team defeated Bishop England in Gilrs Soccer, Monday. Evelyn Frierson scored early and Jasmine Gant scored again for Brookland-Cayce. The 2-1 win over in the Lower State Championship game moves the Bearcats to the State Final in 3A. The game was played at Ft. Knox on the BC campus in Cayce. […]
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One of the bigger crowds of the season came out to the CMC Steel Rhythm on the River Spring Concert Series Saturday. Prettier Than Matt, a Rhythm on the River regular, has proven to be an attractive draw for the free concert series on the banks of the Congaree River at West Columbia’s Amphitheater. Sweet […]
Read More >>Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the name of the individual who died as a result of being involved in a two-vehicle collision yesterday at 7:30 p.m. on Garners Ferry Road at McEntire Air Base, Eastover. Maurice Shaw, 44, of Tufton Court, Cayce, was the driver of a motorcycle that was struck by a car. Shaw […]
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