NEWS

Transformer blown at Northside Middle School, students dismissed

A little after 9 this morning, power at Northside Middle School in West Columbia was disrupted due to a blown transformer. Parents were lined up in front of the school Monday morning to pick up children. Parents were notified that they may pick up their students.  In the interest of safety, provisions have been made for students that […]

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church plans health fair, Oct. 22

A Community Health and Wellness Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2491 Emmanuel Church Rd., in West Columbia. Free health screenings, community resources for vision, dental, nutrition, safety and other resources to help community with health and wellness needs will be available. There will be a 3-in-1 bounce house, a face […]

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Ramblin Road and Wilton Road (Tues. and Thurs.) meetings postponed

ATTENTION!!! Due to Hurricane Matthew and the events of the past week. SCDOT must reschedule the meetings previously planned for Tuesday (6 p.m at Congaree Elementary) and Thursday (6 p.m. Springdale Baptist)  to discuss the Dam issues at Wilton, Durham, and Ramblin Roads. The staff of DOT is spread out along the coast of SC, […]

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Man gets life sentence in death of 2-year-old

Joshua Warren Hopkins has been sentenced to life in prison. Hopkins, 29, was found guilty in a Lexington County Court of Homicide by child abuse and aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse. The verdict stems from the death of Tayshun “Tae” Swearington, 2, on November 27, 2013. Hopkins was sentenced to life imprisonment by […]

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Lexington 2 Schools open Monday

Lexington 2 schools will be open Monday and operate on a normal schedule.  From Jim Hinton of Lexington School District 2: Lexington School District Two Schools will operate on a normal schedule Monday, October 10, 2016. Lexington District Two asks all staff and students to report to school Monday at their regular times.  

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City of Cayce offices will be operating on a normal schedule, Monday

City of Cayce Offices will be Open and operating at normal hours starting Monday morning. City trash and recyclables will be picked up according to normal hours this week. Please note that our City staff has been working around the clock and will pick up debris as quickly as possible! City Parks will reopen tomorrow; […]

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20,000 without power in Lexington County

There were 10,010 homes in Lexington County with no power around 7 a.m. Saturday, according to SCE&G. By 8:45 a.m. there were close to 20,000 without power in Lexington County. The company anticipated 100,000 outages from Hurricane Matthew. The category 2 hurricane brushed the coast near Hilton Head overnight.

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Emergency equipment staged in Cayce as storm nears

With Hurricane Matthew moving up the East Coast, trucks full of recovery equipment are being staged in Cayce. These four loads of equipment were sitting at a site on Charleston Highway in Cayce Thursday afternoon, in preparation to be moved to the storm site when needed. The hurricane is expected to reach South Carolina on […]

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