NEWS
Sgt. Bill Hobbs and Cpl. Nic Beza of the Lexington Police Department helped deliver a baby in a vehicle in a Lexington parking lot, Tuesday morning. The parents, on the way to the hospital, had to take a detour because of a blocked interstate. According to an LPD report the baby is “healthy, happy and […]
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Dianne Wells, 36, of Lexington was struck by a vehicle and killed early Tuesday morning. She was part of a fitness group called Females in Action or FiA. Wells was a wife and the mother of three children. The accident that took her life occurred at approximately 5:10 a.m., on Augusta Highway (US 1) at […]
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The Greater Cayce West Columbia Chamber of Commerce supports the City of West Columbia’s Triangle City Tax Increment Financing District (the “Triangle City TIF”). City of West Columbia created the Triangle City TIF, which consists of 428 parcels and covers 290 acres. A map of the Triangle City TIF is enclosed. The City of West […]
Read More >>Brandon Coleman, a 24 year old Batesburg man, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for the 2016 shooting of multiple vehicles along Interstate 20 in Lexington County. Suzanne Mayes, from the Office of 11th Circuit Solicitor Rick Hubbard announced the sentence Tuesday. Coleman was sentenced following a plea in Lexington County to Assault […]
Read More >>South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Dieter Karl Bartschat, 65, of Chapin, on 20 charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force investigators with the Attorney General’s Office made the arrest. Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department, Homeland Security Investigations and United States […]
Read More >>The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a collision that killed two people Monday morning on I-26 close to I-77. According to the S.C. Highway Patrol, a driver was traveling in the wrong direction and collided with a second vehicle on I-26 E at the 116 mile-marker in Lexington County. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher […]
Read More >>Because of the expected rise of the Congaree River, the NWS continued, Friday, the Flood Advisory for the Cayce and West Columbia Riverwalks. The Congaree River in Columbia was expected to briefly drop below 10 feet, Friday, but then quickly rise again, according to the National Weather Service in Columbia. The water level of the […]
Read More >>The Public Service Commission of South Carolina voted to approve the merger between Dominion Energy, Inc. and SCANA Corporation, Friday, for $14.6 billion. SCANA is the Cayce-based parent company for South Carolina Electric and Gas. Conditions of the merger are to be outlined later as part of a written order that is to be issued by Dec. […]
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