Lexington County News

Lexington County residents might be able to pay property taxes on the installment plan instead of all at once starting as soon as next year.

Columbia water and sewer customers could see a 5 percent rate increase beginning July 1 to support an ongoing $663 million upgrade to a system where two-thirds of the pipes are more than 50 years old.

Investigators are trying to figure out who killed a South Carolina man with a butcher knife in his home.

A student at Airport High School has been arrested on charges he had sexually explicit photographs of children on his computer.

A 15-year-old girl died late Friday after being hit by a vehicle on Archers Lane near Irmo, according to the S.C. Highway Patrol.

The Lexington County coroner says a 65-year-old inmate at a South Carolina jail committed suicide in a fall.

A former patrol deputy has been arrested and charged for possessing child pornography.

A South Carolina police officer has been arrested after authorities say they found child pornography on his home computer.

A pair of changes are in the works to speed up voting in some of Lexington County's fast-growing areas.

Lexington County authorities have arrested and charged a sheriff's deputy on child pornography charges.

The Lexington County Sheriff's Department arrested one of its own deputies Monday evening after officials say the man downloaded child pornography on his home computer.

J.R. Fennell's love of local history led him to become Lexington County Museum director 2 1/2 years ago.

Some South Carolina sheriff's worry they might have to provide security in magistrate's courts.

Friday, January 29, 2010 at 7:37 p.m. Read more: Local , Community , Clay Dixon , Cathy Dixon , Deputies , Dogs , JJ Jones , Lexington A barbequeA fundraiser was held on Friday helping one of Lexington County's own fight cancer.

Carey Fluitt and Bert Dooley know well the mixed success of efforts to revive downtown Lexington.

Swansea police have arrested a man who they say exposed himself to the public. John Travis Barr, 34, has been charged with indecent exposure.

Lexington County has set aside about 255 miles of roads as scenic corridors and this summer will extend landscape and sign restrictions - including on digital signs - to its vast, rural land mass.

Mr. Lexie Dial is charged in the death of his infant son. A Gaston man is in jail tonight, charged in the death of his 5-month-old son who investigators said was violently shaken until he lost consciousness.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 12:25 p.m. Read more: Local , State , Crime , Porn , Child , Possessing , Chapin Lexington County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a chapin man for possessing child pornography.

Lexington County deputies arrested a 56-year-old Gaston man Thursday after they say he inappropriately touched an 88-year-old woman while visiting a resident at a nursing center.