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S.C. jobless rate falls to 5-year low

...fell in all of South Carolina's 46 counties in April. Unemployment was highest in Marion County, at 15 percent. Lexington County had the state's lowest jobless rate, at 5.7 percent.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-17/sc-jobless-rate-falls-5-ye
Mildred Boyd

...late Bailey Boyd, Jr. of 305 Hampton Avenue, Belvedere, SC entered into rest Thursday, May 16, 2013. Born in Lexington County on May 3, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Blanche Hughes Gunter. The Funeral Service for Mrs...

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Marie Lundy Peeler - Tyler Brandon Sease

...Peeler of Edgefield, S.C. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Marie is currently employed by Lexington County. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sease of Gilbert, S.C. He is the grandson of Mrs. Betty L. Bedenbaugh...

http://www.legacy.com/Link.asp?I=CE000164883029
Wedding
Mrs. Sease Sease - Peeler Edgefield, S.C. - Miss Marie Lundy P...

...Peeler of Edgefield, S.C. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. Marie is currently employed by Lexington County. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sease of Gilbert, S.C. He is the grandson of Mrs. Betty L. Bedenbaugh...

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Columbia police chief resigns, says he's suffering PTSD

...Richland County sheriff's deputy was following a dump truck when he lost control of his cruiser on Interstate 20 in Lexington County; state troopers found that Cannon had not been forced off the road.Scott, who previously served as a Richland...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-22/columbia-police-chief-resigns-says-
Across South Carolina

...tied to dog's deathCOLUMBIA - Investiga tors in Lexington County say the suspect in the shooting death of a 56-year-old...violent crime. He's being held without bond in the Lexington County Detention Center.Elementary school fights bat problemGREENVILLE...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-16/across-south-carolina
South Carolina unemployment up slightly in January

...positions.Trade, transportation and utilities saw a decline of 9,600 jobs, while government employment dropped by 8,500.Marion County had the highest unemployment rate at 19.2 percent. Lexington County had the lowest at 6.8 percent.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-18/sc-unemployment-slightly-j
S.C. jobless rate drops slightly in February

...areas for the 10th-highest in the country.Unemployment was highest in Marion County, at 17.9 percent, while Lexington County's 6.4 percent was the state's lowest. Jobless rates went down in all but two counties.South Carolina's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-29/sc-jobless-rate-drops-slig
I-20 motorist kills SC transportation worker

LEXINGTON, S.C. - Lexington County officials have released the name of a transportation department worker killed when he was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 20...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-12-04/i-20-motorist-kills-sc-transp
South Carolina records 22 flu deaths

...last flu season.The Department of Health and Environmental Control says three people have died in Greenville and Lexington counties. There have been two deaths in Aiken, Oconee, Richland and York counties.Nineteen of the deaths have involved...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2013-01-11/south-carolina-records-22-fl