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Former Airport High School assistant principal Dawn Diimmler is in the Lexington County Detention Center. She will go before a judge for a bond hearing at 10 a.m. Monday. Diimmler has been accused of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. She was terminated from her job by Lexington School District Two, two-and-a-half weeks ago. […]
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Release from Ashley Hunter- City of Cayce spokeswoman: In a collaborative effort and investigation between the Cayce Department of Public Safety and the and the Columbia Police Department, Dawn P. Diimmler will face charges of sexual battery in both jurisdictions. Between the dates of March 10, 2017 and June 2, 2017 Dawn P. Diimmler was […]
Read More >>Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motorcycle accident. The crash occurred in the 500 block of West Dunbar Road in West Columbia a short time before 3 a.m. Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Dana Craig Merritt, Jr., 31, of Gaston was pronounced dead at the scene due to […]
Read More >>The Lexington School District Two administration has sent a recorded message to parents in the wake of former Airport High School Assistant Principal Dawn Diimmler’s arrest. Diimmler 44, allegedly had sex with a 19-year-old student at the school last spring. She was arrested Saturday by the Cayce Public Safety Department, and is in the Lexington […]
Read More >>Save the date of Sunday, April 29, 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. That’s when Pineview Elementary School on Leaphart Road in West Columbia will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Pineview is also in its final year in its current building. Pineview will merge with BC Grammar School No. 1 and become Riverbank Elementary for the 2018-19 […]
Read More >>Units from the Columbia Fire Department and Columbia Police were on the scene on scene at the Blossom Street Bridge. There was a low-angle rescue for one male. One westbound lane of Blossom Street was closed. The person was rescued from underneath the Blossom Street Bridge and transported to the hospital by Richland County EMS. […]
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The horrendous floods of 2015 washed away part of the Cayce Riverwalk, but on a springlike February afternoon, Cayce got it back. Phase II of Cayce’s Riverwalk was reopened Thursday, with new boardwalks and a clear path, free of debris. Cayce Mayor Elise Partin said the portion that was reopened stretches from the Government Locks […]
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The City of West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day is April 21. “Our intention is to present something new and exciting for our residents, and to give visitors to West Columbia a day of unique fun and adventure,” said West Columbia Mayor Bobby Horton. “We are really looking forward to Kinetic Derby Day. It will be […]
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