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Lydia Pettit has signed to play volleyball at the college level for Lees-McRae. Lydia is graduating from Brookland-Cayce High School and she is the daughter of Kevin and Jessica Pettit of West Columbia. She signed her college letter-of-intent at a ceremony with her parents and Coach Jerry Dorneker of Intense Volleyball.Lydia plans to major in […]
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Senior Sara Corley signed a letter of intent to play rugby with Newberry College. She has been a member of the soccer team at Brookland-Cayce. Corley participated in a signing ceremony Monday at the school. Coaches, teammates, fellow students, and family members attended the event, which was held in the arena’s Hall of Fame room.
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Gray Collegiate defeated Chesterfield, 9-6, Saturday in the state high school baseball playoffs.With the game tied at 1, the War Eagles scored five runs in the top of the third inning to go up 6-1. On Wednesday, Gray will play the winner of a Monday elimination game. The War Eagles will go to the state […]
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Airport defeated James Island, 2-1, Saturday in 4A State Playoff Baseball.The Eagles’ John Allen Forrester hit a walk-off homerun for Airport for the margin of victory.Airport will play Hartsville in a winner’s bracket game Monday or Tuesday.
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a single vehicle accident in the 2300 block of Ridge Road in Leesville shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. According to Fisher, Ms. Janet Johnson Caulk, 68, of Wagener was traveling westbound on Ridge Road when the vehicle she was driving left the […]
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Columbia Police Department investigators are searching for third suspect in connection to the Columbiana Center shooting that took place Saturday. Wanted is Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith. He Should be considered armed and dangerous, according a Columbia Police Department release. He is charged in warrants with nine counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated […]
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Thirteen Lexington Two middle school students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars. The program, developed by the SC Department of Education, identifies eighth-graders with high scholastic achievement and intellectual ability through PSAT/NMSQT testing and other criteria, and sponsors special opportunities through South Carolina colleges and universities, as well as the Governor’s School for Science […]
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Obituary of Kristen Ann MorleyOBITUARY – Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley – Lexington – A Going Home service for Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley, 33, of Lexington, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Lakeside Gazebo at Woodridge Memorial Park, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, SC 29072. Pastor Christy Todd of Riverland […]
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