Lexington County
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who died as the result of a two-car collision in the 5000 block of Fish Hatchery Road in Lexington County at approximately 4 P.M., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mrs. Valerie Renee Dimick, 49, of Lexington was a passenger in an SUV traveling southbound on Fish Hatchery Road when the vehicle she was in was struck head-on by another vehicletraveling northbound. Mrs. Dimick, who was wearing […]
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Tuesday is expected to be oppressively hot and humid in Lexington County, according to the National Weather Service in Columbia. High temperatures will reach 100 degrees in Lexington County, with dew points in the 70’s.The NWS has issued a Heat Advisory with heat indexes Tuesday afternoon up to, or over, 110 F. A few storms […]
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Highway 321 is closed at the intersection of Woodtrail Drive in Gaston after an oversized load struck power lines while driving through the area. There are broken power poles and high-voltage power lines are down across the highway. This part of Highway 321 is expected to be closed for at least two hours as utility […]
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Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in amoped accident in the 100 block of Windsor Park Drive in the Lexington area of LexingtonCounty shortly before 8:30 P.M. on May 13, 2023.According to Fisher, Mr. Roan Aiden Palmer, 17, of Lexington was driving themoped on Windsor Park Drive when he lost […]
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A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for the I-26 at US 21 (US 176) Intersection Improvement Project. Sen. Nikki Setzler, along with SC Gov. Henry McMaster and State Transportation Secretary Christy Hall spoke the event, with State Rep. Russell Ott. “This project is transformational for Lexington and Calhoun counties,” Setzler said, “and the Midlands and […]
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The area of Chapin Road between Sid Bickley Road and Primrose Lane in Chapin has been shut down, Wednesday morning before 10, due to a collision between a train and a truck. There were only minor injuries reported and there is no concern of hazardous materials, according to the Chapin Police department Law enforcement officials […]
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The rehab of the I-77 northbound bridges around Cayce and West Columbia has been completed. The job was done more than 24 hours ahead of schedule, according to the SCDOT. Work on the interstate has caused long lines of traffic in West Columbia, Columbia, Cayce and Lexington. I-77 is currently open to traffic in both […]
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Christopher David Shumpert, a 22-year-old Lexington County man, was convicted yesterday by a Lexington County jury and sentenced to 40 years without parole for the murder of Barry Joe Chavis, Jr., which occurred on March 27, 2020, at 3630 Fish Hatchery Road in the Gaston area of Lexington County. Shumpert was also sentenced to 20 […]
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