LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) — If there’s one thing South Carolinians can agree on, it’s that we like being out on the water. Recreational boating has a $6.5 billion economic impact each year in the Palmetto State, but last year saw 170 boating accidents according to DNR statistics. “South Carolina now has more than 361 thousand registered boats. This represents a…
Tyler Ryan learns about the fun planned on Lake Murray all to celebrate America’s birthday
The South Carolina Department of Transportation is working along with Dominion Energy to repair a walkway over the Lake Murray dam that has been damaged.
Before you say ships ahoy, DNR and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has reminders for boaters.
Now 17-years-old, Bagley recalls that day saying, “The whole of the boat hit right about at where my knees were. And so I went under the center of the boat. The propeller hit both my legs, took my right one, and then my left one. I fractured it at the knee and just below.”
Visitors can enjoy beach and park sites through Labor Day
LAKE MURRAY SC (WOLO) – The Lake Murray diver, who went missing last Wednesday and recovered yesterday by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Dive Team Sunday morning has been identified. According Lexington Country Coroner Margaret Fisher, in a Facebook post, the divers name is Paul Lloyd Lunsford of Chapin. Lunsford, who was 54, entered the water near the…
The Spirit, Lake Murray’s only large charter vessel is expected to return in the Spring of 2023.
LAKE MURRAY SC (WOLO) – Ridge Spring native and rising Country Music singer Cody Webb is returning to one of his favorite places – Lake Murray – for a concert following the weigh-in of the XVI Bass World Championship, sponsored by Capital City Lake Murray Country, at Dreher Island State Park. The tournament, which began on Monday, welcomed anglers…
Lake Murray Cleanup scheduled for September 17
