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Taylor Elementary held a open house, scavenger hunt, Tuesday. There was a food truck, and a parking lot full of cars of parents. Parents met with teachers and visited the classrooms of the their children. Taylor Elementary is a Lexington 2 school in the Edenwood neighborhood of Cayce. Taylor Mack and her mother Shandora Mack meet […]
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In an annual report released Wednesday afternoon, Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher said there were 1,691 deaths in the county in 2015. Of those, 1,492 were of natural causes. There were 126 accidental deaths in the county and eight were of an undetermined cause. There were 21 homicides and 44 suicides. More from this report […]
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Lt. Eddie Powell of the Pine Ridge Police Department was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Month, Tuesday. He is pichured with PRPD Chief Billy Parker, right. The award was given at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast. Vaughan Dozier of First Community Bank- the sponsor of the award- presented Powell with the award. Parker […]
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Kelsie Lewis, a student at Busbee Creative Arts Academy (BCAA) was named Lexington School District 2 Student of the Month,Tuesday. Auketa Govan of BCAA was named Teacher of the Month. The award was presented at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. The Chamber sponsors the award. Dr. Dixon Brooks, Busbee principal, left, is pictured […]
Read More >>A West Columbia man was killed in an accident, involving three vehicles, that happened at about 7 a.m., Monday. George Monroe Smith, 64, was traveling in the 2200 block of Airport Boulevard near Stratford Road, when his car left the road on the right side and struck two legally parked and unoccupied vehicles. Smith’s vehicle […]
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Two females have were shot Monday night at Boardwalk Villas in Lexington County, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department. Both were transported to the hospital. According the sheriff’s report it is believed the male suspect in the shooting knows the victims. Detectives are talking to neighbors. Crime scene investigators are processing the scene and collecting […]
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Guignard Park is an oasis of greenery that sits is just off of heavily traveled Knox-Abbott Drive in Cayce. In 2015, upgrades were planned for the popular park. Last spring those improvements were started. They are almost completed. The City of Cayce’s Guignard Park will reopen at 11 a.m. on Oct. 15, The city will […]
Read More >>Lexington County deputies arrested a man early Tuesday morning in connection with a double shooting that happened Monday night at Lake Murray apartment complex. Tashonby Pedrick Wilson, 31, is charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of illegally possessing a firearm during a violent crime and one count of the possession of a […]
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