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Police say man operated meth lab from his vehicle Found: 18 Hours 56 Minutes ago The State - The Lexington County Multi-Agency Narcotics Enforcement Team has arrested a Lexington man they believe was operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in a vehicle.p/Lexington County Sheriff James R. Metts said NET officers arrested Harold Ray Taylor, 43, of Ray Price Road, at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, two counts of trafficking in pseudoephedrine, one count of unlawfully disposing of waste from a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory and one count of simple possession of marijuana. p/Taylor was being held at the Lexington County Detention Center while awaiting a bond hearing.p/Reports indicate the suspect was the subject of an ongoing undercover investigation of methamphetamine trafficking and manufacturing in the Batesburg-Leesville and Gilbert communities. Officers developed information that a mobile methamphetamine laboratory was being operated in a vehicle in Lexington and Saluda counties.p/On Tuesday, officers say they saw the suspect breaking up pills and pouring chemicals while driving on U.S. 378, Metts said. ...
Seneca natives earn SCHP awards
Found: 23 Hours 5 Minutes ago Upstate Today - Troop 3, Post B of the South Carolina Highway Patrol (SCHP), the unit covering Oconee and Pickens counties, recently handed out its first Trooper of the Year award ? and it went to a Seneca native.
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Sloop funeral planned for Friday Found: 23 Hours 19 Minutes ago The State - Funeral services are set for Friday for Steve Sloop, a longtime real estate agent and husband of Lexington-Richland 5 school board member Carol Sloop.p/The 61-year-old Irmo area resident died Tuesday of cancer.p/Services will be at 11 a.m. in Boyce Chapel at First Baptist Church in Columbia....
Wind storms kills power for thousands Found: 23 Hours 26 Minutes ago The State - Thousands of Midlands SCEamp;G customers were without power Wednesday evening as rain and strong winds moved through the area.p/As of 6 p.m., an estimated 6,328 customers out of 232,102 customers in the Columbia/Lexington areas were without power, according to the utility#8217;s Web site.p/The National Weather Service on Wednesday was predicting wind gusts of around 45 mph. A wind advisory was in effect until midnight Wednesday.p/_#8212; Rick Brundrett...
City tentatively OKs sex offender residency limits Found: 23 Hours 27 Minutes ago The State - Columbia City Council gave initial approval Wednesday night to an ordinance that would bar registered sex offenders from living within 1,000 feet of schools, day cares or playgrounds.p/Columbia would become the fourth city in South Carolina to enact sex offender registry restrictions.p/Cayce, South Congaree and the town of Lexington are the other three.p/#8212; Adam Beam...
The Carolinas | Rally protests 'I Believe'license plate's ban Found: 1 Day 2 Hours 23 Minutes ago The Sun News - strongspan class=briefs-section-headSOUTH CAROLINA/span/strongp/strongspan class=briefs-section-headGREER/span/strongp/strongspan class=briefs-subheadRally protests 'I Believe'license plate's ban/span/strong...
Bearcat Invitational wrestling tourney bigger and better this year Found: 1 Day 3 Hours 17 Minutes ago The Herald - Ready for some good action on the wrestling mats?If so, the place to be is Rock Hill High School on Friday and Saturday for the 27th annual Piedmont Medical Center Bearcat Invitational....
Georgia man arrested for Lexington bank robbery Found: 1 Day 3 Hours 58 Minutes ago WISTV 10 News - A 29-year-old Forest Park, Georgia man is charged with stealing $1,150 during the robbery of a bank on Two Notch Road near Lexington. ...
Analysis: Utility toxins go into ponds
Found: 1 Day 4 Hours 30 Minutes ago Post & Courier - South Carolina coal plants dumped more than 1.1 million pounds of arsenic, mercury, lead and other highly toxic chemicals into ash ponds similar to the one in Tennessee that failed in December, a Post and Courier Watchdog analysis shows.
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Town seeks federal road aid anew Found: 1 Day 4 Hours 52 Minutes ago The State - Lexington is renewing its bid for another $5.5 million #8212; and possibly more #8212; in federal aid to relieve downtown traffic jams.p/Its bid may get the backing of U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson this time, support that town leaders lacked last year.p/Wilson, R-Springdale, will support a #8220;very limited#8221; package of aid for local road improvements, spokesman Ryan Murphy said Tuesday. The deadline for requests is mid-February.p/Projects on the list are still to be determined, but Lexington leaders are optimistic of gaining his support.p/#8220;We greatly appreciate that,#8221; Mayor Randy Halfacre said of Wilson#8217;s change of heart....
