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Sheriff Leon Lott speaks at Chamber meeting about the value of technology, bond reform, relationship-building and live police TV shows as a tool to recruit deputies

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott was the featured speaker at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Meeting Tuesday morning at Stone River in West Columbia. (Feature photo: Lott, WCPD Chief Marion Boyce; Chamber President Tim James and Cayce PD Chief Chris Cowan) Lott covered topics ranging from the value of technology in crime fighting and bond reform […]

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West Columbia City Council passes resolution recognizing Mayor Tem Miles for his inclusion on Columbia’s 2023 Most Powerful list

West Columbia City Council unanimously passed a resolution, Monday, recognizing Mayor Tem Miles for receiving the Post and Courier Columbia’s 2023 Most Powerful Award. The Most Powerful list is an annual ranking that recognizes individuals who bring power and influence to the Columbia area culture, economy, and to the corporate and political arena. City Council’s […]

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SC Attorney General says Lexington man distributed files of child sexual abuse material and engaged in sexual activity with animals

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Charles Kevin Bourne, 58, of Lexington, on three charges connected to the sexual exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s Office and U.S. Marshals Service, both […]

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“Stunning” West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles describes new mural on Brookland development wall

There is a new mural on the inside wall of the Brookland Development at State and Meeting streets in West Columbia. “Absolutely stunning” is the way West Columbia Mayor Tem Miles described the mural. Brian Tull is the artist who painted the mural. “The mural encapsulates the history and the spirit of ‘Brookland’” said Miles. […]

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Taylor Bundrick named as new Assistant Principal at Airport High School

Taylor Bundrick has been named as a new Assistant Principal at Airport High School. His placement in the new role was announced in a Lexington Two School District press release on Aug. 11. According to the release, Bundrick has more than 10 years of education experience. He first joined Airport as a math teacher in […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies Georgia man killed in I-20 wrong-way collision

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the person who died in a two car collision near the 53 mile marker of Interstate 20 westbound in the Lexington area of Lexington County at approximately 1:50 A.M. on Sunday.   According to Fisher, Mr. Brian Francis Vyhnal, 55, of Hephzibah, Georgia was traveling eastbound in the westbound lanes of I-20 when he collided head-on with an SUV near the 53 mile […]

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Lexington woman identified by coroner as the victim of Fish Hatchery Road head-on collision

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died as the result of a two-car collision in the 5000 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Lexington County at approximately 4 P.M., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Valerie Renee Dimick, 49, of Lexington was a passenger in an SUV traveling southbound on Fish Hatchery Road when the vehicle she was in was struck head-on by another vehicletraveling northbound.  Mrs. Dimick, who was wearing […]

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2 killed in separate accidents in Lexington County, Saturday and early Sunday morning

One person died Saturday after a collision, around 4 p.m., on Fish Hatchery Road about four miles north of Pelion, near SC 6. A 2006 Saab sedan, with a driver from Lexington, was traveling south on Fish Hatchery Road, said Lt. Mitchell Ridgeway of the SC Highway Patrol. A 2007 Chevy van, with a driver […]

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