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Report says that restaurateur Greg Leon has died after incident at Columbia prison facility

Reports are surfacing that Greg Leon, the restraunteur who was convicted for shooting and killing his wife’s lover in Lexington County, was involved in an incident Friday afternoon at Kirkland Correctional Institution, a S.C. Department of Corrections facility in Columbia. Attorney Eric Bland, a friend of Leon’s says Leon passed away at 11:56 Friday night. […]

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Cayce-West Columbia Dixie Youth Baseball Ozone team is the State Champ, headed to World Series

The Cayce-West Columbia Ozone Dixie Youth Baseball team is the State champ. C-WC defeated Saluda, 2-1, Friday in extra inninngs to win the championship. The state tournament was played in Moncks Corner.With the win, C-WC will move on to play in the Dixie Youth Baseball World Series in Ruston, LA. It is July 27-thru-Aug 2.C-WC […]

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Person had to be cut out of car Saturday morning by Irmo Fire District crew

Irmo Fire crews were on the scene of a vehicle collision, Saturday, with injuries. The crash occurred in the 100 block of Jamil Rd, close to St Andrew’s Rd. Jamil was closed. Crews had to cut one person out of a vehicle. Injuries were minor.

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Emergency crews on the scene of a fire in Lexington County

Lexington County Fire Service, Lexington County EMS, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department and Swansea Police Department are on the scene of a residential structure fire in the 800 block of Redmond Mill Road in Swansea. The fire was reported before 7 p.m., Friday. The road was closed while emergency crews are on scene. No injuries have […]

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Temple Gym and Physical Fitness Center has opened on Meeting Street in West Columbia

Temple Gym and Physical Fitness Center has opened at 536 Meeting Street in West Columbia. It opened a little over a week ago. It’s in the former Studio 221 building. Click here for link to Temple website Temple offers personal training and group fitness classes including strength training, cardiovascular training, and active recovery.

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Voice of the Airport Eagles for Palmetto State Media Group broadcasts is an AHS alumnus

Mike Hagins, President of Palmetto State Media Group, has named the official voice of the Airport Eagles. It will be Steve Knight, an Airport alumnus. In announcing the decision, Hagins said “Steve was my number one choice from the start. He worked with me in the past as a color analyst. Steve has a vast […]

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Mid-Summer visitors drawn to West Columbia’s Riverwalk with easy access to the Congaree River

West Columbia offers a lot for visitors. In July, it’s one of the hottest spots around. They come from all over to West Columbia to enjoy the cool flowing waters of the Congaree River. “The four of us came here from Florida,” said Amy Butler. She and three friends were coming off the river at […]

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Lexington Police arrest man for dissemination of obscene material to a minor

Chief Terrence Green is announcing the arrest of Tyler Shane Greene, age 26 of Augusta, Georgia, from an undercover investigation where he asked for nude photographs, sent nude photographs, and pornography with who he believed was a minor but was instead an undercover detective. On June 26, a detective with the Lexington Police Department, who […]

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