West Columbia Riverwalk closed due to flooding

There has been a lot of rain in the last several days. Because of the rain, the West Columbia Riverwalk Park and Amphitheater, 109 Alexander Road, and 100 Riverside Drive in West Columbia is temporarily closed due to flooding.

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Lexington Media Center expands to Northeast Richland County

You can soon go to Lexington Medical Center in the Northeast. Lexington Medical Center Northeast will start a phased opening in mid-March. The new is 225,000-sq.-ft. It’s at Clemson and Longtown roads. (Jumper Carter Sease feature photo.) Construction began on it in June 2019. Included are an: outpatient surgery in […]

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Brookland-Cayce boys basketball earns a spot in the state playoffs with win

The Brookland-Cayce boys basketball team kept its playoff streak alive Monday night. The Bearcats defeated Fox Creek 64-38 in the semifinals of the Region 5-3A tournament. With the win, BC qualified for the SC High School League playoffs. It’s the ninth straight year Brookland-Cayce has made the playoffs. The team […]

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Almost 200 new homes planned for Springdale

The Town of Springdale is growing by 189 new homes, said Springdale Mayor Michael Bishop. The new community will be named Roof’s Pond. The builders in Roof’s Pond will be Stanley Martin Homes (that used to be Essex Homes) and Great Southern Homes. The property where the new houses are […]

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Busbee plays in middle school basketball championship, falls short

The Busbee Creative Arts Academy Basketball Team played in the PAC Middle School Championship game, Saturday. The Bulldogs faced perennial middle school powerhouse Dutch Fork. Busbee, which is in Cayce, fell short of a win in the final, but represented The Academy with great pride and brought home the runner-up […]

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Pine Ridge Middle School stops in-person classes for 2 weeks due to COVID tests

Students at Pine Ridge Middle School will move temporarily from in-person classes to virtual learning for two weeks. The virtual learning period will begin Tuesday (Feb.16) the day after the President’s Day holiday. Students are tentatively scheduled to resume in-person classes on the Pine Ridge campus on Monday, March 1.  […]

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Brookland-Cayce wrestling team in playoffs Saturday, 3 are Region Champs

Brookland-Cayce High School Wrestling features three 3A Region 5 Champs. They are: Deante Strader, Jonah Del Priore and Sam Yeargen. The team is coached by Craig Watts. And Brookland-Cayce had 10 wrestlers qualify for the 3A lower state Wednesday night at the Region 5 Tournament. The Brookland-Cayce wrestlers will compete […]

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Man accused of using phone camera to video woman in the nude

 A Lexington man was arrested last week after investigators said he used his smartphone to record a video of a nude female without her knowledge. Harley Keith Wiles, 31, is charged with aggravated voyeurism, according to an arrest warrant. “This case started with a tip from the community,” Lexington County […]

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15-year-old dies 6 days after crash, coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died, Wednesday, as a result of a motor vehicle collision. The crash occurred on Feb. 5, in the 3800 block of SC Highway 6, near the intersection of Edmund Highway, at approximately 7:20 p.m. According to Fisher, Mr. Dillan Alexander […]

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Airport High School’s Jayla Jamison signs to run track for the Gamecocks

The University of South Carolina track team is billing it as a huge pickup. Airport High School’s Jayla Jamison, a state champion, is going to run track and cross country for the Gamecocks. The 2021 signee enters the collegiate ranks with some serious credentials. She is the two-time S.C. Gatorade […]

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