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16-year-old former Airport student charged by Cayce Police for making 2023 bomb threat

News release from CAYCE, SC – On February 7, 2023, the Cayce Police Department was alerted to a bomb threat received at Airport High School. As a safety precaution, the school was evacuated immediately and searched for any sort of explosive device. Thankfully, none were found. CPD responded to three additional bomb threats at Airport High School […]

Coroner identifies teen killed in Lexington County motorcycle crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person that was killed in a vehicle vs. motorcycle, Sunday at approximately 1:30 pm. on South Lake Drive at Paps Drive in Lexington County. Fisher states that Mr. Hunter Avery Rabon, 19, of Newberry was operating a Kawasaki motorcycle and was traveling […]

Lexington County Coroner releases autopsy results from body found on I-20

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher is releasing the autopsy results of the person found deadalong the shoulder of I-20 Westbound at MM62 on February 2, 2024. The person who was positively identified as Miss Stephanie Chanel Quintana, 22, of Columbia was founddead on the shoulder of the highway by a […]

One person is dead in Lexington County after motorcycle and SUV collide on South Lake Drive

One person died and two others were injured in a Lexington County crash on Sunday afternoon, according to Master Trooper William Bennett of the South Carolina Highway Patrol. He said the crash occurred around 1:30 p.m. on South Lake Drive at Paps Drive south of Lexington. A 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle […]

West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a destination to observe nature, history and strategic structures

West Columbia’s Riverwalk is a great destination to observe nature, history, and the structures placed beside the Congaree River because of its importance to the ecosystem. Riverwalk sits at the confluence of the Saluda and Broad Rivers, that forms the Congaree, at the magnificent Gervais Street Bridge. The 1,415-foot-long concrete […]

Attention voters in the City of West Columbia – a precinct change in effect for the Feb. 24, Republican Presidential Primary

⚠ Attention voters in the City of West Columbia, SC area: ⚠Due to a scheduling conflict, the following polling precinct changes have been made for the Republican Presidential Primary Election that will be held February 24, 2024 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ** Voters whose polling place is normally […]

Crash in Lexington knocks out power and causes traffic to be detoured, driver charged with reckless driving

The Lexington Police Department responded to a vehicle crash at North Church Street and Corley Street, Wednesday night. Link to Lexington Police Department Facebook page Police said a vehicle that fled from a hit-and-run incident on Sunset Boulevard collided with a telephone pole on North Church Street. It caused the […]