Back-To-School supply drive serves 150 families

A Back-To-School Drive, collecting for families who could not afford school supplies was held by  SERVPRO Cayce/ West Columbia/ Lexington. The Back To School supplies that were collected were distributed last Saturday (Aug 6) at Church of Christ on Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. More than 150 backpacks filled with the […]

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Two arrested for murder of man found dead in West Columbia

A West Columbia man and a Cayce woman have been charged in connection to a homicide that happened last month on Double Branch Road in West Columbia. Roscoe Holmes III, 23, is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of Michael Andy McMillan during the morning of Aug. 18, according […]

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House of Raeford to put crosswalk at plant on Sunset Boulevard

West Columbia City Council moved to help make a crosswalk on Sunset Boulevard a reality, at its meeting on Aug. 2. Council voted to accept $45,000 in “C” Funds from Lexington County that authorizes “the City Administrator to negotiate a contract agreement with the House of Raeford.” The move also authorizes […]

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Pokemon Go enthusiasts show up at Riverwalk, Monday night

The West Columbia Police Department extended the hours until 10 p.m. for Pokè Monday at the West Columbia Riverwalk Amphitheater every Monday. It looks like more than 20 showed up to play. “We wanted to extend park hours on this special night to assist people in capturing the elusive monsters […]

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Lexington County Detention Center inmate dies in cell

A Lexington County Detention Center inmate died overnight in a cell. The inmate was found unresponsive this morning about 5:30.  The State Law Enforcement Division and the Lexington County Coroner’s Office are conducting an investigation into the incident. Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher identified the inmate who was found unresponsive as William […]

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Updated: Police concentration, Sunday, in West Columbia

Units from the West Columbia Police Department, Lexington County Sheriff’s Department (including a Crime Scene truck) and the SC Highway Patrol, were on Wade Street Sunday night. There was also a car in the middle of Wade Street near the incident. Capt. Adam Myrick – public information officer for the Lexington […]

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Airport, Brookland-Cayce to play in Kickoff Classic, Saturday

High School football season is getting closer, and that includes action for Brookland-Cayce and Airport High Schools of Lexington School District 2. Airport will play Lexington and Brookland-Cayce plays Blythewood in an upcoming jamboree. As a prelude to the season, the 2016 Aun and McKay Kickoff Classic jamboree is scheduled […]

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Pedestrian killed in Gaston is identified by coroner

Amy Lands Rast, 38, of Swansea was struck by an SUV as she walked in the middle of the road.  Rast died at the scene from the injuries she sustained during the accident.  An autopsy was performed on Sunday and determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma. The […]

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Pedestrian killed on Blackville Road in Lexington County

The S.C. Highway Patrol is reporting that a pedestrian was killed in a vehicle vs pedestrian accident Saturday night. Lance Cpl. Judd Jones of the SCHP said the driver of a 2011 Chevrolet SUV hit a killed a person walking in the road in an east direction. The SUV was […]

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Lexington woman identified in one of two fatalities in I-20 crash

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the two individuals who were killed in a three-vehicle accident at approximately 3:25 AM on Saturday, August 6, 2016, at I-20 near the 62 mile marker in Lexington, as Franchescha Hope Rogers-Martinez, age 27, of Lexington, and Jarrad Denard Blade, 32, of Decatur, Georgia. […]

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