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SCDOT continues preparation activities for the winter storm. Current forecasts show predictions from 1 to 3 inches of snow expected in the Midlands. Predictions are from 4 to 6 inches of snow in the Upstate. Other areas of the state may see a wintery mix without significant accumulation. Lexington County is in District 1. At […]
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The Brookland-Cayce High School Education Foundation has selected Mr. Abbott (Abby) L. Bray, Jr. posthumously as their 2017 Educator Hall of Fame Inductee. The Brookland-Cayce High School Education Foundation will sponsor their Sixteenth Annual Educator Hall of Fame Gala on Thursday, February 2, 2017, at Seawell’s at 1125 Rosewood Drive, Columbia. Social hour begins at […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who was killed on Thursday in a two car accident. The crash occurred at Sunset Boulevard and Ginny Lane in Lexington County at approximately 11 p.m. Coroner Margaret Fisher said Roger Wayne Johnson, 75, of Cayce was killed in the accident. Johnson was transported by Lexington County EMS from […]
Read More >>The Lexington Police Department is investigating an overnight D.U.I. related traffic collision. The crash resulted in the death of a driver in one of the two vehicles involved. Officers of the Lexington Police Department responded to a collision with injuries that occurred near the 4200 block of Sunset Boulevard, in Lexington, at approximately 11:12 p.m. […]
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If you played youth baseball in West Columbia in the 1960s, you probably know Donnie Sox. Sox coached baseball, ages 10-to-12, for 18 years. He started in the 1950s and coached into the 1970s. The affiliation varied from Little League and Dixie Youth to Little Boys Baseball. It was an age before X-Box, daily cartoons […]
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Springdale Police Department’s 2016 National Night Out event received national recognition from the National Association of Town Watch. The Springdale Police Department’s 2016 National Night Out event has received recognition from the National Association of Town Watch. The event ranked in at eighth in the nation for areas with a population of less than 5,000. […]
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West Columbia’s Gray Collegiate Academy has been ranked nationally (USA Today) in the top 25 of high school basketball. As a powerhouse, War Eagle is expected to take on all comers. And the team has done that. “We have played in Chicago, D.C and Delaware,” said Dion Bethea, Gray’s head basketball coach. And one of […]
Read More >>The Cayce-West Columbia Holiday Parade of Lights proceeded through West Columbia and Cayce, Saturday evening. Kids, grown-ups and all ages in between lined 12th Street from Triangle City to the Cayce Municipal Complex. Elves, clowns, bands, and even the Grinch – many of them lighting the night- were included in the procession. And of course St. […]
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