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Lexington County Detention Center inmate dies in cell

A Lexington County Detention Center inmate died overnight in a cell. The inmate was found unresponsive this morning about 5:30.  The State Law Enforcement Division and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office are conducting an investigation into the incident. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the inmate who was found unresponsive as William Dantzler Day, III, 43, of […]

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Airport, Brookland-Cayce to play in Kickoff Classic, Saturday

High School football season is getting closer, and that includes action for Brookland-Cayce and Airport High Schools of Lexington School District 2. Airport will play Lexington and Brookland-Cayce plays Blythewood in an upcoming jamboree. As a prelude to the season, the 2016 Aun and McKay Kickoff Classic jamboree is scheduled in Chapin, Saturday Aug. 13.  The […]

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Updated: Police concentration, Sunday, in West Columbia

Units from the West Columbia Police Department, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department (including a Crime Scene truck) and the SC Highway Patrol, were on Wade Street Sunday night. There was also a car in the middle of Wade Street near the incident. Capt. Adam Myrick – public information officer for the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department said: “We’re […]

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Pedestrian killed on Blackville Road in Lexington County

The S.C. Highway Patrol is reporting that a pedestrian was killed in a vehicle vs pedestrian accident Saturday night. Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the SCHP said the driver of a 2011 Chevrolet SUV hit a killed a person walking in the road in an east direction. The SUV was also travelling east. The incident […]

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Pedestrian killed in Gaston is identified by coroner

Amy Lands Rast, 38, of Swansea was struck by an SUV as she walked in the middle of the road.  Rast died at the scene from the injuries she sustained during the accident.  An autopsy was performed on Sunday and determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma. The driver of the SUV was […]

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Cayce Public Safety look for missing child

The Cayce Department of Public Safety is asking for the public’s assistance in locating TRAVIS JACKSON and his missing child.  The child, NERIAH POLLOCK, was taken from her home in Cayce by Jackson, who is her non-custodial father, at approximately 11 p.m.  on Friday. Mr. Jackson is a black male, 31 years of age, standing […]

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3 killed on I-20 Saturday, 2 in Lexington County

A passenger in the Nissan was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. A third car, a 2008 Nissan, hit the 2015 Nissan. The driver of the 2008 Nissan sustained minor injuries. The accident happened at approximately 3:36 a.m., according to Jones. The accident resulted in the interstate being blocked for about 6.5 hours. At […]

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Child safely returned to her mother

  The Cayce Department of Public Safety is pleased to report that the minor child, NERIAH JACKSON, has been safely returned to her mother and TRAVIS JACKSON is in custody.   At approximately 4 p.m., Mr. Jackson returned the child to her mother at a neutral location in the city limits of West Columbia.  Cayce […]

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