NEWS
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the motorcycle accident at approximately 2:30 a.m. on Saturday. The accident occurred in the 100 block of Saint Davids Church Road near West Columbia. Caitlin Clark, 19, of Lexington was killed. The motorcycle on which Clark was a passenger left the road on the […]
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Former Airport High School Coach Cay Kessler has been inducted into the SC Athletic Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame. She accepted induction at a ceremony in late July. Kessler inspired many and was highly successful. She began her 30-year coaching, and teaching, career at Airport High School in 1970. She worked as a substitute teacher […]
Read More >>One person died and traffic lanes were closed on Charleston Highway Thursday evening, after a collision. The Cayce Department of Public Safety responded to the accident at the intersection of Old Dunbar Road and Charleston Highway around 6:3o p.m. The accident involved a tandem tractor trailer truck and a Ford pickup truck. The traffic lanes that were closed […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who was killed in the two-vehicle accident on Thursday. Link here: Initial fatality report The accident happened at approximately 6:30 p.m., in the 2800 block of Charleston Highway in Cayce. The victim in the accident is Clifton Lee Simmons, age 21, of West Columbia. Simmons was pronounced […]
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Todd Sease of Jumper, Carter, Sease Architects delivered an update on school building plans. He spoke to the Lexington School District Two Board, Thursday, about the new elementary school proposed for Henbet Drive. Sease said traffic engineers are reviewing the site proposed for the school, off of Sunset Boulevard. A plan that will add two […]
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The traffic plans related to a Wal-Mart Neighborhood grocery store have been filed with South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT.) “An encroachment permit has been submitted to SCDOT for this commercial development. The application is still under review,” said Pete Poore, SCDOT spokesman. “In addition, traffic improvements in that area are also being reviewed, but […]
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Rainbow Drive Bridge information from the Town of Springdale: The Rainbow Drive Bridge is scheduled to be replaced beginning May 2016. The project will include building a new bridge where the current one stands and relocating a portion of Crest Drive. This will eliminate the blind curve currently at Crest and Rainbow. The proposed Crest […]
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When Karl Larsen told Mark Plessinger he wanted to put up another “Before I Die” wall, the location was a “no-brainer.” “I know where it needs to go,” said Plessinger, who recently moved his Frame of Mind eyewear boutique and art gallery to State Street in West Columbia. Thursday, as the Before I Die wall […]
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