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The S.C. Department of Transportation issued a status report at 8:36 a.m. Lexington County is in Engineering District 1. Conditions throughout the state include rain, freezing rain, and snow. Temperatures currently range from a high of 40 degrees in Lexington County to a low of 30 degrees in York County. Temperatures are expected to fall […]
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The food pantry at LICS has the ability to better serve clients. “We were given some freezers from Lexington County,” said Anna Smith, director of community relations for Lexington Interfaith Community Services, or LICS. With that new cooling capacity, LICS can now keep fresh poultry on-site to distribute from its food pantry. Smith said LICS is […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia area could see a wintry mix of sleet, snow and ice this weekend. Weather officials are saying that it is likely the Midlands will receive as a winter storm moves across the Carolinas. The National Weather Service has issued a freezing rain advisory for Friday and Saturday in some counties north of […]
Read More >>County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual killed in the early morning accident that occurred in the 3900 block of 12th Street Ext. Fisher states that at approximately 6:45 a.m. on Thursday, on the 12th Street Ext. between SCANA Highway and Saxe Gotha Road, Erica Lorraine Bass, 31, of West Columbia was riding her […]
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Donald Trump is scheduled to be in Lexington County, on Wednesday, Jan. 27. The event begins at 7 p.m. at Harmon Tree Farm – 3152 Augusta Road Gilbert. Doors open at 5:00 pm. Trump is a candidate to become the Republican Party nominee in November’s 2016 presidential election. Trump is the front runner – according to polls- […]
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A person on a bicycle was killed Thursday morning after a car and a bicycle collided in Cayce, Sgt. Evan Antley, of Cayce Public Safety, confirmed the fatal accident occurred. The crashed happened in the southbound lanes of 12th Street Extension between SCANA Parkway and Saxe Gotha Road. Officers responded to the incident 6:48 a.m. according […]
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IMPORTANT TRAFFIC UPDATE: A vehicle collision has taken place on the for the southbound lanes from SCANA Parkway to Saxe Gotha. Officers are diverting traffic around the Medical Park at Otarre Pointe. Please take extra precautions and find an alternate route if possible.
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Estates Co. multi-million-dollar project, dubbed Brookland, can move forward. West Columbia City Council passed an ordinance, Wednesday, to rezone the four-plus acres at State and Meeting streets from Commercial 2, to a Planned Unit Development (PUD.) The vote was approved 7-1, with only Councilman Tem Miles opposing it. The plan is for a residential, commercial […]
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