17-year-old charged with armed robbery at Sunset Boulevard gas station, West Columbia
West Columbia Police officers responded to the Circle K gas station at 2600 Sunset Boulevard (near the I-26 off-ramp) at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Officers were responding a report of a robbery. The officers were able to locate and detain the suspect, a 17-year-old Chester County resident. Following an investigation, […]
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Traffic rerouted in Cayce after crash on Knox-Abbott Drive, Wednesday evening
Cayce Police were asking drivers to please avoid the area around the Blossom Street Bridge, on Knox-Abbott Drive, near Guignard Park, Wednesday evening. There was a motor vehicle collision that occurred around 6 p.m. Traffic was being rerouted by emergency crews that responded to the crash. There were several emergency […]
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Longtime Brookland-Cayce High School teacher Beth Cleland to be inducted into Lexington 2 Educator Hall of Fame, Hon. Nikki Setzler to become a member of the Alumni Wall of Fame
The Brookland-Cayce High School Education Foundation will host the 23rd annual Brookland-Cayce High School Educator Hall of Fame and Alumni Wall of Honor Gala on Thursday, Feb. 6. This year, longtime Brookland-Cayce High School teacher Beth Cleland will be inducted into the Educator Hall of Fame, while the Honorable Nikki […]
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Lexington County man charged with kidnapping, stalking
Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of attacking a woman outside her home and stalking her at her job. Joey Miles Strickland, 41, is charged with first-degree assault and battery, kidnapping, and stalking, according to arrest warrants. “The sequence of events between Strickland and the woman started Jan. […]
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Lexington County teacher accused of assault: “hit yourself, not the teacher” she said, according to arrest warrant
A White Knoll High School teacher is accused of assaulting a student at the school. Fritzie Suerto Refamonte, 45, is charged with third-degree assault and battery, according to an arrest warrant. “When we became aware of this incident, we opened an investigation and determined Refamonte allegedly assaulted the student Jan. […]
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Cayce Urgent Care serves almost 22,000 patients in its first year, USC College of Nursing open, says Lexington Medical Center’s Roger Sipe during C-WC Chamber Breakfast
Roger Sipe, senior VP of operations for Lexington Medical Center, addressed the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast on the LMC – West Columbia campus, Tuesday. He provided an update on some LMC projects. Sipe said the new Cayce Urgent Care facility on Knox-Abbott Drive received 21,930 visits in its first year […]
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Search of Lexington apartment yields cocaine, meth, marijuana, a handgun and more than $9,300, man and woman face drug charges, says Lexington County Sheriff
A man and a woman face drug charges after a tip from the public led narcotics agents to an apartment on South Lake Drive in Lexington County last week. “Investigators with the Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team arrested 34-year-old Ansel Yameen Sparrow and 21-year-old Victoria Katherine Harley Thursday at […]
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Rayne Marie-Morris named Lexington 2 School District Student of the Quarter, David Goff named Lexington 2 Educator of the Quarter, at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast
Rayne Marie-Morris, a senior at Airport High School was named as the Lexington School District Two Student of the Quarter, Tuesday during the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast. The breakfast was held at Lexington Medical Center’s Biediger Auditorium in West Columbia. Rayne is pictured with AHS Principal Matt Schillit, […]
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Helen Craig named Lexington 4 Student of the Quarter, Miranda Grice named Lexington School District 4 Educator of the Quarter, at the Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast
Helen Craig, a senior at Swansea High School was named as the Lexington School District Four Student of the Quarter, Tuesday during the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Business Breakfast. The breakfast was held at Lexington Medical Center’s Biediger Auditorium in West Columbia. Helen is pictured with SHS Principal Marcia Seawright, […]
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52 new town houses could be coming to the West Columbia Riverwalk off of Sunset Boulevard
There could be some new development on the West Columbia Riverwalk. A plan to build 52 town houses off of Sunset Boulevard, a project called Trailhead Townhomes, is being considered. Developer Dustin Johns was at a “Called Meeting” of the West Columbia Planning Commission Monday. He talked to The State […]
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