Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher stated Saturday there is no indication of foul play based on preliminary findings of the autopsy of Kyrstin Star Blackburn. She was found dead in a wooded area off of Platt Springs Road Friday. In a release from the coroner’s office Fisher stated that there […]

One pedestrian was killed and another was injured after they were hit by a pickup truck. The incident occurred early Sunday, according to a S.C. Highway Patrol report. The collision happened, in Lexington County, around 1:20 a.m. on Jamil Road near Rhett Road, according to Lance Cpl. Matt Southern of […]

Deputies have arrested an Irmo man in connection to a case involving burglary and voyeurism. Richard Travis Abbott, 28, entered a woman’s Rodborough Road residence through an unlocked door with the intent to watch the woman sleep in her bed, according to arrest warrants. The woman told deputies she woke […]

A Gaston man has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after throwing large pieces of rock-like material at cars on an interstate highway, according to arrest warrants. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest Saturday. Tyler Chase Loyd, 20, threw objects at three transfer trucks near exit […]

U.S. Attorney Sherri A. Lydon stated Friday that Jason Rivers, 30, of Lexington, pleaded guilty  in federal court in Columbia, to Felon in Possession of a Firearm. U.S. Senior District Judge Cameron Currie, of Columbia, accepted the plea and will impose sentence after she has reviewed the pre-sentence report which […]

Joseph Elijah Mills, a 27-year-old Newberry County man, was sentenced Thursday to 40 years, without the possibility of parole, for the murders of Charles Allen Judge Jr., 40, and Jonathan Michael Prins, 29. The murders occurred at the Frayed Knot Bar and Grill in Lexington County on July 24, 2016. […]

One person died in a three-vehicle accident on I-20, Thursday. The collision occurred in the eastbound lane in the vicinity of mile markers 63 and 64, between Bush River Road and the I-26 exit. All  eastbound lanes were closed at one point, but the area was being cleared, and traffic […]

Phase 1 of the Cayce Riverwalk will be closed Friday in anticipation of flooding. The river is expected to crest Friday and the City of Cayce will issue updates on other potential closings.

Portions of the West Columbia Riverwalk Park are closed until further notice due to flooding. The area from the Gervais St. Bridge to the Moffatt St. entrance are closed until further notice due high water in that area. Once the flood waters subside and the Riverwalk path is clear again, […]