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The Lexington County Coroner identified the man who died Aug. 9 after an incident during which sheriffs deputies used a Taser on him as Bernice Smith of Aiken. He was

A man died Wednesday afternoon after being tasered by deputies pursuing him, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Three deputies involved in the incident were placed on paid administrative leave, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

An Aiken man died after Lexington County deputies used a Taser on him during an arrest.

AIKEN, S.C. (WJBF) – A man who died while in the custody of the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department has been identified as a man from Aiken, South Carolina. According to Lexington County Coroner’s Office, Bernice Junior Smith, III, 32, of Aiken, went unresponsive in the custody of Lexington County Sheriff’s Department after he was apprehended […]

Lexington County deputies have arrested a West Columbia man accused of shooting at a car full of people last week after a fight at a convenience store.

A man and woman from Asheville, North Carolina, are accused of removing their biological children from foster care.

The mother and father are from North Carolina, and their children were staying at a home in South Carolina, according to the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department.

A couple from Asheville, North Carolina, has been charged after being accused of taking their kids away from foster home, according to deputies.

Students at schools in Richland and Lexington counties will encounter more metal detectors and school resource officers than last year.