NEWS
Correy T. Brown, 24, of Columbia, has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for his role in a shooting death which occurred at an apartment complex near 200 Berryhill Road in the St. Andrews area of Lexington County. The sentence was imposed this week in Lexington County General Sessions Court following Brown’s guilty plea […]
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From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Schools – Forty Lexington Two seventh- and eighth-graders have been selected to perform in the Lexington Two Honor Band. The Honor Band is a two-day band clinic, scheduled this school year on March 3-4. Students will rehearse at Airport High School with master educator Mike Doll, who has more […]
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Incident: South Carolina Highway Patrol is seeking information about a Fatal Hit and Runcollision. An unknown vehicle was traveling north on US-321 (Fairfield Road) towardsCrane Church Road and hit a pedestrian. The pedestrian sustained fatal injuries as aresult of the collision. The suspect vehicle left the scene. When: Sunday, December 5, 2021 at approximately 2:23 […]
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A male Gilbert High School student has been charged with making threats last week against other Lexington County schools. The 14-year-old made a threatening statement that was overheard by another student Dec. 2 while riding the bus to school, according to the incident report. The student who heard the threat told school administrators the student […]
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A West Columbia man is accused of shooting a man to death last month. Mark Anthony Festus Scheibler, 46, will be charged with murder, arson and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according to arrest warrants. “Based on evidence investigators collected and interviews detectives conducted with witnesses, Scheibler fatally shot Jimmy Ferney Johnson […]
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The Town Lexington conducted its Christmas Parade Sunday. The parade included dance clubs, floats, vintage cars, marching bands, The Grinch and of course Santa and Mrs. Claus were there. The Lexington Police Department reported that the parade was “very well attended.” The Cayce-West Columbia Holiday parade of Lights is Saturday (Dec. 11.) It starts on […]
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A special holiday campaign initiated by South Carolina State Treasurer Curtis Loftis is designed to return more than $700 million of unclaimed property to residents. The “Happy HoliPAID” social media campaign is being launched Monday (Dec. 6) and it will continue for 12 days on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. It highlights, with songs, the names […]
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Units from the West Columbia Fire Department and the West Columbia Police Department responded to a car fire at the I-26 110 Mile Marker off ramp on I-26, around 6 p.m., Sunday. Flames rose from a car on the off ramp as onlookers from the Blossom Buffet restaurant came out to see what was going […]
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