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Lexington County deputies, state, federal agents working 1986 kidnapping cold case

The FBI and the State Law Enforcement Division have joined Lexington County deputies to assist in the ongoing search for a girl reported missing more than 35 years ago. (See LCSD video below) Members of an FBI unit specializing in child abductions arrived in Lexington Monday to work alongside deputies and SLED agents in the […]

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Crash with injuries results in closed road in Lexington

The Lexington Police Department reported a crash with injuries, Tuesday morning. The collision was at West Main Street at Park Road. At about 8:15 a.m. all inbound lanes were reported as being blocked. Police, Fire and EMS units were on the scene. Police asked drivers to seek an alternate route until the road was reopened. […]

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SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis may have some money for you – $16 million unclaimed in Lexington County

State Treasurer Curtis Loftis may have some money for you. There is more than $700 million in unclaimed property, so there is a good chance that you or someone you know has unclaimed money waiting at the SC Treasurer’s Office. Do you know: Alyrich Brooker of Cayce, Tiffaby Carroll of Lexington,Dylan Wilson of Irmo, Jonathan […]

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Lexington 2 update on Monday’s school shooting threats

Monday morning, Lexington Two administrators were alerted to social media posts from an unknown individual who allegedly threatened a shooting during lunch at an unnamed school. An investigation was immediately launched and Cayce police officers were contacted. Because of information in the posts, it was determined that the threats involved a high school lunch period. […]

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SRAA Resource Officer honors deceased classmate with butterfly garden

Thomas Stork was an elementary school student at Saluda River Academy for the Arts. He died of cancer on Dec. 7, 1996. Chris Yarborough, SRAA’s current School Resource Officer, went to school with Thomas.Yarborough, along with his father, former Saluda River SRO India Taylor, the Stork family and others through the years helped create a […]

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Police presence increased because of threat to Lexington 2 schools, Monday

Threats have been made via social media have been made related to Lexington Two schools, Monday. One threat was said to have been made at Brookland-Cayce High School in Cayce. Despite the information distributed by Lexington Two, many parents were at the district’s schools to pick up their children. By 10 a.m., at least seven […]

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Gamecocks, Brookland-Cayce and Gray score big football wins

It was a big weekend for some local football teams.Not only did the Gamecocks come-from-behind, Saturday, in dramatic fashion, to defeat East Carolina, 20-17, high school football teams had a big weekend. USC, down 14-0 at one time, is now 2-0 for the first time in almost 40 years with the ECU win. High school […]

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1 killed, juvenile injured in Lexington crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a single vehicle accident in the 2300 block of South Lake Drive at approximately 3 a.m., Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Charles Lamar Chestnut, 22, of Lexington was traveling westbound towards Lexington when his vehicle went off the left side of the roadway, […]

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