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Airport High School Principal resigns

Airport High School Principal Brad Coleman has resigned, about a month after he was put on administrative leave. Brad Coleman submitted his resignation at a meeting of the Lexington School District Two Board Thursday afternoon. The resignation is official as of June 30. Coleman had been put on administrative leave in February. The district has […]

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Airport High School Principal resigns

Airport High School Principal Brad Coleman has resigned, about a month after he was put on administrative leave. Brad Coleman submitted his resignation at a meeting of the Lexington School District Two Board Thursday afternoon. The resignation is official as of June 30. Coleman had been put on administrative leave in February. The district has […]

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Rainbow Drive bridge to be open Oct. 31, says SCDOT

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is working to replace the bridge on Rainbow Drive over Interstate 26 in Springdale. According to the SCDOT, the work schedule on the bridge has been slowed due to an unforeseen utility delay and the necessary reallocation of resources toward an emergency bridge repair (to the Leaphart Road […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies on administrative leave for SLED investigation

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon has placed four deputies on paid administrative leave while SLED investigates the incident on I-26, in which an armed assailant was shot and killed. Placing deputies on administrative leave, like the SLED investigation, is standard procedure when there is an officer-involved shooting.  

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Rainbow Drive bridge to be open Oct. 31, says SCDOT

The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) is working to replace the bridge on Rainbow Drive over Interstate 26 in Springdale. According to the SCDOT, the work schedule on the bridge has been slowed due to an unforeseen utility delay and the necessary reallocation of resources toward an emergency bridge repair (to the Leaphart Road […]

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Lexington County Sheriff’s deputies on administrative leave for SLED investigation

Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon has placed four deputies on paid administrative leave while SLED investigates the incident on I-26, in which an armed assailant was shot and killed. Placing deputies on administrative leave, like the SLED investigation, is standard procedure when there is an officer-involved shooting.  

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Woman accused of taking money from Taylor Elementary’s PTO Fund

Joy Ellen Knotts, 40, has been charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, value more than $2,000 but less than $10,000, according to a news release from the State Law Enforcement Division. The incident happened over a six-year period while she worked at Claude A Taylor Elementary School in Cayce, said SLED. Knotts is […]

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Lexington County man arrested on child pornography charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced, Tuesday, the arrest of Albert Lee Spivey, 27, of Gaston, on five charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing […]

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