NEWS
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person who was fatallystabbed in an altercation the occurred at a home located in the 400 block of Baymore Lane in Columbiaon Thursday, shortly after 6 p.m. According to Fisher, Mr. Kevin Leon Miller, 38, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scenefrom a […]
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A death investigation is underway in the 300 block of Newpark Place, the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday morning about 9:45 a.m. It is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public, according to the LCSD. Newpark Place is between N. Lake Drive and St. Andrews Road on the Irmo side […]
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Brookland-Cayce defeated crosstown rival Airport Thursday night at Airport by a score of 35-0. Brookland-Cayce got a running TD from Benjamin Pugh and the extra point was good by John Allen Mower to give BC a 7-0 lead. Naahzeikiel Mays caught a 31-yard TD pass from BC QB Tanner Staton to make it 14-0 in […]
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The Home Depot, Inc. announced plans Thursday to expand operations throughout South Carolina. In Lexington County, the company will add an additional facility, located at 842 Bistline Drive in Cayce, and create 23 new jobs. The facility will be off of Charleston Highway (US 321.) Hiring is ongoing for warehouse and driver roles as the […]
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Midlands Technical College held a ribbon cutting and grand opening for its new Welding Technology Center Wednesday, at its Airport campus. The new facility represents a $4.5 million capital investment and is being added to help meet employer demand for welder education and training via MTC’s Advanced Manufacturing and Skilled Trades curriculum. The Welding Technology Center […]
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September is National Emergency Preparedness Month. Children, especially those under the age of five, are the most-vulnerable in a home fire situation according to statistics from the American Red Cross. The Red Cross also attributes $280 million-a-year in property destruction because of children playing with fire. West Columbia Fire Chief Chris Smith advises all residents to have an adequate number of […]
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West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles and West Columbia City Council recognized and congratulated Stanley Myers, Sr. for being named the first African American Military Judge in South Carolina. Myers was recognized at the Special Council Meeting Monday. Multiple members of council spoke on his exceptional character, his success in his career, his football accomplishments, as […]
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South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis of West Columbia announced he has joined 22 fellow state financial officers to speak out against a Biden Administration proposal that would require financial institutions to report private citizens’ personal bank account information to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if they exceed $600 of deposited funds. “The overreaching federal government has no […]
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