NEWS
Members of the Cayce Police Department attended the dedication ceremony of the Monetta Volunteer Fire Department, Saturday. The station was renamed in the memory of fallen Cayce Police Officer Roy “Drew” Barr. Barr was shot and killed on duty, while responding to a domestic violence call in late April.The Monetta Volunteer Fire Department now has […]
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One person was killed and another was injured in an early Sunday morning crash in Lexington County. The crash happened around 7 a.m. on Old Dunbar Road, near Burroughs Avenue. A 2013 Chevrolet Malibu hit the back of a 2015 Peterbilt tractor-trailer, said Lance Cpl. Tyler Tidwell of the SC highway Patrol.As a result of […]
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has released the autopsy results for inmate Charles Plumley who died in the Lexington County Detention Center on April 23. He was found dead in an open pod. According to Fisher, Mr. Plumley’s death was due to an acute fentanyl intoxication with an accidental manner of death. For further information, […]
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The effort to build two cofferdams on the Congaree River is taking shape. If you ride across the Gervais Street Bridge, you can see it. Dominion Energy has contracted a company to build the cofferdams so that coal tar from long-closed oil plant can be cleaned from the river bottom. The work site is on […]
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The City of Cayce passed its 2022-2023 budget Tuesday with a unanimous vote. The $16.7 million budget includes a property tax increase of 4.7 percent. According to a flyer released by the City of Cayce, the tax increase amounts to less than $18-a-year on every $100,000 of assessed value of a home. Cayce City Manager […]
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Tubing down the Saluda River, to the Congaree, may be the most popular tradition of a West Columbia summer. Sometimes hundreds a day tube the clear waters of the rivers, riding the rapids, ending up at West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Palmetto Outdoor Owner Michael Mayo tracks the location of those who come to tube. They come from […]
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The Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball Mohawk team (ages 13-14) defeated Gilbert 12-0 Tuesday night.The team will represent District 4 in the state tournament in Bluffton beginning on Saturday, July 9.
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The Lexington Police Department needs to identify an alleged shoplifter who took over $1,500 of meat from Lowes Foods on Sunset Boulevard on May 4. Police said the alleged shoplifter left the parking lot in the four-door sedan. Contact Detective Heath at 803-951-4642 or email [email protected] with information. (Link to report on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LexingtonPD/status/1538881597092638721/photo/1
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