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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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Lexington Police Department is looking for man charged with domestic violence

The Lexington Police Department is looking for Marquel King Ross, age 30 of Lexington. He has been charged with Domestic Violence – 1st Degree, after a recent incident. During an argument, Marquel Ross allegedly threatened the victim with a handgun at her residence on Rauch Street in the Town of Lexington on July 28. He […]

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West Columbia motorcycle gang member gets 25 years in prison, prosecutors say he brought “large amounts” of meth into Lexington County

Steven Daniel Brown, 50, known as “Steve-O” and a validated member of a motorcycle gang, was convicted of trafficking 400 grams or more of methamphetamine by a Lexington County jury last week. He was sentenced to 25 years in the SC Department of Corrections on Aug. 10, by Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cooper, Jr. […]

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The late Bobby Horton, former West Columbia Mayor, given Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Gala

The late Bobby Horton, former mayor of West Columbia was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gala, Thursday. It was held at Stone River, beside West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Horton’s daughter, Lynn Horton Shull, and her daughter Margaret, accepted the award. They are pictured with several City of […]

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Terry Ward, of WestMetroNews, receives the Small Business-of-the-Year Award at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gala

Terry Ward, of WestMetroNews, receives the Small Business-of-the-Year Award at the annual Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gala, Thursday. It was held at Stone River, beside West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Ward is pictured with Chamber President Tim James. and Chamber Board President Lindsey Miles.

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Sen. Nikki Setzler receives Citizen-of-the-Year Award at the annual Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gala

Sen. Nikki Setzler received the Citizen-of-the-Year Award at the annual Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gala, Thursday. It was held at Stone River, beside West Columbia’s Riverwalk Park. Sen. Setzler, middle, is pictured with SC Rep. Micah Caskey, Lexington County Councilman Glen Conwell, Wife Ada Jane, Lexington County Councilwoman Deb Summers, West Columbia Mayor Tem […]

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