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Former Brookland-Cayce Football Coach Bettis Herlong will be inducted into the South Carolina Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in December. Herlong died in 2003. Herlong won 197 games from 1950-1980 at Saluda, Aiken, Johnston (Fla.), Strom Thurmond. He won a state title at Brookland-Cayce in 1966. Keith Chapman, who coaches now at Newberry College, […]
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The River District members began meeting in early 2015. It is a collection of businesses – dining, retail and services – in the Vista area of West Columbia. Its goal is to draw customers to the unique shops and attractive restaurants that populate an area from State Street to 12th Street. “We want to make […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the one-vehicle accident at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 12. The fatal accident occurred in the 700 block of Ben Franklin Road, Gilbert. The woman killed in the wreck was Barbara R. Davis, 58, of Gilbert. Davis, in a 2016 Toyota, was […]
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Disappointment was a surprise for Gamecock fans in 2014. In 2015 the feeling is familiar. USC lost to Kentucky, 26-22, Saturday night. It was the Wildcats’ first SEC road win since 2009. The Gamecocks losses last year, the most disappointing ones, came as the defense collapsed late in the fourth quarter. This year the defense […]
Read More >>The South Carolina Highway Patrol was investigating a fatal accident in Lexington County Saturday night. According to a S.C. Department of Public Safety report the accident occurred about 10:30 p.m. at the intersection of Ben Franklin Rd at Frank Harmon Circle in Gilbert. No more details have been released.
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A good crowd came out for the 9-11 Run For Our Troops 5K, Friday. It was at the West Columbia Amphitheatre. The event was hosted by the Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees. Steve Cohen, business director for the Jaycees, said the crowd met expectations. He also praise the West Columbia Fire department and police, and the Cayce Public […]
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Airport defeated Lower Richland, 30-0, Friday night. The Eagles were led by quarterback Josh Tucker. Tucker is starting in place of quarterback Brett Burnett who was injured in the Brookland-Cayce game, Aug. 28. Tucker threw two TD passes. One to Kerryon Richardson and one to Alec Spooner. Running back Jonathon Earl had 129 yards rushing and he scored two […]
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Sheriff’s Department investigators have arrested a Columbia man on multiple charges related to the escape of an inmate who was serving in a work release program. According to arrest warrants, 45-year-old Ronald Joseph Bonnette aided in the escape of S.C. Department of Corrections inmate Gene Carroll Rutland. Bonnette also provided drugs to Rutland while supervising him […]
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