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A signal light box was destroyed in a vehicle crash Wednesday afternoon. The crash resulted in injuries and occurred at Sunset Boulevard and Hope Ferry Road. The signals lights are out and officers are directing traffic at the intersection. Drive alert if passing through the area. Avoid the area if possible. According to a Lexington […]
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Since Marion Boyce was named West Columbia Police Chief in September of 2021, he has implemented the use of data, community involvement and crime statistical information to help protect the citizens of the city. Data-driven policing is the use of analytical information and technology to acknowledge and identify crimes or targets in order to more efficiently […]
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Columbia Police officers arrested a former Lexington County probationary cadet Wednesday in connection with an off-duty traffic collision that happened Jan. 15. Robert Garofalo, 43, is charged with felony DUI, according to arrest warrants. Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon terminated Garofalo Jan. 25. “There is a trust that comes with working in the law enforcement […]
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One person died in a crash around 10: 30 p.m., Sunday, in Lexington County, according to State Trooper Tyler Tidwell. The crash occurred on Pine Plain Road about a mile-and-a-half east of Gaston.Tidwell said a 2005 Honda Pilot was traveling north, near Frank Moore Road, when it left the road, to the right and hit […]
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Bryan Wesley Rogers, age 58 of Wellsford, SC, has been arrested according to Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. Rogers was the subject in an undercover investigation where police said he traveled to the Town of Lexington to meet with a minor for sex. It was not a minor, but wan an undercover detective. On January […]
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The new 1,500-seat basketball arena aka “The War Zone” was opened on the campus of Gray Collegiate Academy, Friday night. Several dignitaries, along with school officials, turned out for the occasion at the West Columbia school. In the first games in the new site, Gray swept Fairfield Central. The Gray girls won, 56-37. The GCA […]
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Emergency Management officials have confirmed a tornado touched down near Old Orangeburg Rd. and Platt Springs Rd. in Lexington County, Wednesday. Officials also received reports of downed trees and powerlines and flooding across Lexington County. The Lexington County Emergency Management Office is working on preliminary damage assessment from Wednesday’s severe weather. At this time, no […]
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Detectives of the Lexington Police Department continue investigating a shooting that happened on October 9, 2022, at the Reserve at Mill Landing apartments on East Main Street in Lexington. At approximately 10 a.m., officers responded to a call of gunfire at the apartment complex. When they arrived, a man who had been shot in the […]
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