NEWS
The SC Department of Transportation was repainting road lines Lexington intersections, Tuesday. The road striping was going on, on Sunset Boulevard (US-378) in Lexington between North Lake Drive (SC-6) to I-20 . The painting was causing lane closures for both inbound and outbound traffic. Work was being done at one intersection at a time and […]
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Congaree Riverkeeper and Blue Granite Water Company announced the approval of a settlement agreement, Tuesday. The case was in he US District Court of South Carolina and resolves the years of litigation over the I-20 wastewater system. In furtherance of future water resource monitoring and planning in the Midlands, CRK and Blue Granite have agreed […]
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The South Carolina Department of Transportation announced Tuesday, an upcoming bridge deck replacement project in Lexington County, at the US 21 bridge over I-26, mile marker 129. The bridge is in the 29160, or Swansea, Zip Code area. In order to replace the existing bridge deck in its entirety, the bridge on US 21 over […]
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The Cayce Department of Public Safety arrested a man, Monday, for shooting a firearm in the 2200 block of Taylor Road. Evan Michael Vermullen, 22, has been charged with discharging a firearm in the city limits, and discharging a firearm while intoxicated. There were 12 calls to 9-1-1 reporting the incident. Vermullen was detained without […]
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A fifth-grade Cayce Elementary student is the winner of the 8th Annual Future Chef competition. Alexandria Neal-Guetchkov was the top chef in a field of 16 finalists, all fourth- and fifth-graders representing the district’s elementary schools in the March 7 event. Students prepared Mexican dishes, which were scored by a panel of three judges. Alexandria’s […]
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Remember this building. It’s at 228 N Parson Street. The building is still there, according to a Facebook post by the City of West Columbia. According to the photo, the property was called Colonial – Hites Company. It later became Colite Signs. The picture is from the mid 1950s, and is the City of West […]
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Hayley Martin was crowned Miss Bearcat. She was selected from a field of 27 candidates participating in the annual pageant, held earlier this month. In addition to Hayley, other pageant winners included: Miss Bearcat 1st runner-up: Claire Fingerlin Miss Senior: Jade Watford Miss Senior 1st runner-up: Allie Paige Thornton Senior Congeniality: Allie Paige Thornton Miss […]
Read More >>South Carolina Electric and Gas presented a plan to remove about 70 percent of the coal tar that is on the bottom of the Congaree River. The concentration of the tar is a stone’s throw from the Gervais Street Bridge. Under a new plan, the coal tar would be taken out of the river where […]
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