Gaston SC

Lexington County Fire Service responds to mobile home fire, Friday afternoon

The Lexington County Fire Service responded to a structure fire around 3 p.m. Friday afternoon in the 100 block of Valley Road in Gaston. Crews arrived to find a mobile home with flames and smoke. Multiple crews responded to the scene and the fire was brought under control in approximately 45 minutes. No injuries were […]

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Man on bicycle dies in Lexington County after being struck by 2 vehicles

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the person who diedas the result of a multi-vehicle vs. bicycle collision in the 5300 block of Highway321 in the Gaston area of Lexington County at approximately 5 a.m., Thursday. According to Fisher, Mr. Philip C. Allen, 29, of Gaston, was riding hisbicycle westbound attempting to cross Highway 321 when he was struck by two(2) vehicles traveling northbound. […]

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Coroner identifies man who died in West Columbia motorcycle accident

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motorcycle accident in the 2600 block of Augusta Road, West Columbia in Lexington County at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday. According to Fisher, Mr. James M. Rials, 63, of Gaston was traveling westbound on Augusta Road when he was attempting to enter […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies teen killed in crash

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identied the individual who died in a single-vehicle accident in the 1600 block of Pine Plain Road in Swansea at approximately 8:30 P.M. on January 22, in Lexington County. According to Coroner Fisher, Mr. Jackson Ryan Mack, 18, of Gaston was driving northbound on Pine Plain Road when he […]

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Man is hit and killed while riding bike, Lexington County Coroner identifies

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the bicyclist who died after being struck by vehicle at approximately 6 a.m, Tuesday, in the 600 block of Mack Street in Gaston. According to Fisher, Mr. Larry Gene Davis Jr., 37, of Gaston was riding his bicycle in the southbound lane when he was struck by a […]

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Gaston Police arrest 3

Officers with the Gaston Police Department responded to a residential burglary, Friday, that occurred in the 1300 block of Mack St. Officers were able to identify the suspects by the victim’s Closed Circuit TV video footage. A search warrant was then executed on the suspect’s residence in the 200 block of Sonny Dr. The victim’s […]

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Lexington County deputies want to make sure 16-year-old is safe

Deputies at the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department are working to make sure 16-year-old Stephanie Valverde is safe. There is no reason to believe she’s with someone she doesn’t know well or in any danger, according to the LCSD. Her family said she willingly left her home in Gaston Feb. 25 without her daily medicine. Stephanie […]

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Gaston man sentenced to more than 12 years in federal prison on drug charge

Acting United States Attorney M. Rhett DeHart announced today that Johnny Ray Kinsey, Jr., 46, of Gaston, was sentenced to more than twelve years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Evidence presented to the court showed that on June 15, 2018, a Trooper with South Carolina Highway Patrol […]

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