The Lexington Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying two individuals who , they say, cut a fence and stole containers of fuel from Saluda Hill Landscaping.
According to acting United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart, three former deputies with the Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office were sentenced for conspiring with individuals they believed to be members of a Mexican drug cartel.
Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of a man who passed away in the hospital a day after being involved in a vehicle collision. The coroner says 26-year-old Phillip Auston Jones Friday due to injuries sustained in the collision on Thursday.
Officials with Prisma Health say vaccine supply continues to limit their ability to get as many shots in arms as possible. Officials with the medical group said they received only one third of the requested amount of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week.
Prisma Health has moved one of its Midlands mass vaccination sites. Prisma officials say they closed the site at Tuomey Hospital and moved it to the Sumter Civic Center. Officials say the new site will be able to accommodate more patients.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is taking a grassroots approach to allocating COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state. Department officials announced the formation of “CARE Panels” throughout the state Friday.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says a man was arrested after investigators found over 1,500 grams of marijuana as well as other drugs while executing a search warrant at a residence on Rifle Lane.
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles wants to help some drivers get back out on the road. Next week is Driver Suspension Eligibility Week.
On Saturday, officials say several roads in downtown Lexington will be closed for the Shamrock Parade.
According to acting U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina M. Rhett DeHart, a Lexington woman has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for drug charges. Authorities say 38-year-old Ashley Shay Cook plead guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and cocaine.
