NEWS
A public hearing is scheduled for the rezoning of the high-profile property at State at Meeting streets in West Columbia. West Columbia City Council and the Planning Commission will meet at city hall at 6 p.m. on Aug. 24 to consider rezoning. The 4-plus acres is currently zoned C-1 and C-2, Intensive Commercial and General […]
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The 2015-16 school year begins in Lexington School District Two, Wednesday. And a local charity is helping some needy students. The non-profit organization, House Of Raeford FLOCK has donated $2,000 in school supplies to three local elementary schools Friday in preparation for the 2015-2016 school year. The presentation of school supplies were made Aug. 7, at […]
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Holland Avenue Baptist Church conducted a drive to collect school supplies. The effort resulted in a massive amount of supplies for students at Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Students report to school for the 2015-16 School Year, Wednesday. Teachers started back last Wednesday.
Read More >>Runaway Taylor Nicole Gray-Haner has been located safe, according to the Lexington Police Department. The Lexington Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating an endangered juvenile runaway. Taylor Nicole Gray-Haner was reported missing to Lexington Police by her family on Aug. 16. She was last seen at her residence at approximately 7 p.m., […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed at approximately 7 p.m. on Saturday., at I-20 east at mile marker 58. It was at the Augusta Road/I-20 exit. Link to WMN accident report The victim is Jermain L. Watkins, 39, of Sumter. Watkins was pronounced dead at the scene from the injuries […]
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There was a traffic accident involving a fatality, near the I-20 Augusta Road (US 1) off ramp in West Columbia. The fatal collision happened about 7 p.m. Saturday on the I-20 eastbound 58 mile marker, according a report from the S.C. Department of Public Safety. A car left I-20 off ramp and hit a tree. The […]
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It’s mid-August, and students report to Lexington School District 2 schools Wednesday, to begin the school year. A record class of freshmen reported to USC this week and there was a football scrimmage taking place across the river at Williams-Brice Stadium, Saturday. But it was another carefree summer Saturday on the river. Tubers and kayakers […]
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At the Substation II, next to the Brookland-Cayce football stadium, renovations are taking place. The popular sandwich shop is not expanding, it’s adding a conventional roof. The flat-roof on the building made it more susceptible to leaks.
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