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Repeat offender Jason Leaphart, 27, of Ben Franklin Road in Leesville, received a combined sentence of 20 years for Domestic Violence, Unlawful Conduct towards a Child, and violating probation. The sentenced was announced Wednesday by the office of Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard. Leaphart injured an infant during a domestic violence assault. He received an […]
The Total Solar Eclipse is a big deal. And nowhere is that more apparent than at West Columbia City Hall. “We’ve been planning for months for the big day,” said Kelli Ricard, West Columbia events manager. Anna Huffman, the city’s public information officer, said West Columbia is a wonderful place, and when the multitude of […]
The West Columbia Police Department needs help locating a suspect in the theft of a pickup truck and a utility trailer. He appears to be tall and with a thin build. Age and race are not certain at this time. He drives a 2002-2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck. The truck has four doors and appears to […]
The Total Solar Eclipse is a big deal. And nowhere is that more apparent than at West Columbia City Hall. “We’ve been planning for months for the big day,” said Kelli Ricard, West Columbia events manager. Anna Huffman, the city’s public information officer, said West Columbia is a wonderful place, and when the multitude of […]
The West Columbia Police Department needs help locating a suspect in the theft of a pickup truck and a utility trailer. He appears to be tall and with a thin build. Age and race are not certain at this time. He drives a 2002-2004 Dodge Ram pickup truck. The truck has four doors and appears to […]
Leaders from Columbia and Richland County were on the banks of the Saluda River Monday as ground was broken for Phase One of the Saluda Riverwalk. Phase One of the Saluda Riverwalk will eventually connect to the miles of riverwalk already established in Cayce, West Columbia and Columbia. To the south, when Phase Two is […]
The Lexington Police Department continues to investigate an early morning shooting that occurred on Sunday, in the Cherokee Village neighborhood. At approximately 2:30 a.m., officers were dispatched to a shooting incident that had occurred on Cherokee Pond Court. Upon arrival officers found a white male, who was later identified as Derek Alexander Fogle, who had […]
A Lexington man is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child for leaving a baby inside a car he dropped off to be serviced. Ca Mvuh, 48, left his eight-month-old daughter strapped in her car seat Sunday afternoon when he exited his car and handed the keys to a technician at the tire and lube […]



