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Due to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, after-school activities are canceled on Friday, March 3, 2023. The one exception is after-school care at the elementary schools. However, families are encouraged to pick up their children before 6 p.m. to avoid being on the roads when the forecast calls for the greatest chance […]
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This is National Read Across America Day week. It’s a time to celebrate literature, and the schools of West Columbia make sure to do that. “Reading is the most fundamental skill that teachers help impart to their students,” said Anna Unversaw, principal of Northside Middle School in West Columbia. “At Northside, our students celebrate a […]
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Emergency crews were on South Lake Drive (SC-6) near Addy Lane in Lexington, early Friday morning. Around 3 a.m. a collision with injuries occurred. Power lines were down in the road and the road was closed. Two people were transported to the hospital from the scene by EMS and a driver arrested for Driving Under […]
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A Columbia woman is accused of taping a Seven Oaks Elementary School 4K student to a classroom chair. The aide, age 25, is charged with cruelty to children, according to an arrest warrant. “Based on our investigation, (a) teacher’s aide, used duct tape to tape the student’s legs to a chair Wednesday while the teacher […]
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Roger Sipe, senior VP of operations for Lexington Medical Center, addressed the 110 attendees of the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast on the LMC – West Columbia campus, Tuesday. He updated the crowd on some LMC projects, and Sipe chronicled the growth of the hospital over the last 50-plus years. He said a new Cayce Urgent Care […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced, Wednesday, that a registered sex offender from Lexington County is going to prison for seven years after committing another offense. On Tuesday, Michael Dwayne Elkin pleaded guilty in Lexington County to one count of Attempted Dissemination of Obscene Material to a Minor age 12 and under. On February […]
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The Lexington Two Innovation Center joined other schools from more than 30 districts across South Carolina to represent their programs for the Career & Technical Education Showcase Tuesday at the State House. Lexington Two Innovation Center students in culinary arts, digital art and design, and multimedia shared their skills, among them Dominique Manning (shown here), […]
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New historic marker unveiled for the Cayce Colored School/Cayce Elementary School/Ida A. Bull School
A new historic marker was unveiled, Friday, for the Cayce Colored School/Cayce Elementary School/Ida A. Bull School. The school was on Wilkinson Street in Cayce. There was a ceremony held to commemorate the occasion and a good crowd turned out, including Cayce Mayor Elise Partin. Also, Cayce’s Mayor Pro Tem, James “Skip” Jenkins, spoke at […]
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