Bristow Marchant
Government Reporter and Web Producer at The State
Covers Lexington County @thestate. Ex-@BuzzAtTheState, @RHHerald, @theitem. 2024 chair @thestateguild. "Headline King." Also on Threads if that's your thing.
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1 week ago |
dailygazette.com | Bristow Marchant
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Corey Bedenbaugh is proud to be South Carolina’s Teacher of the Year for 2025. But his win means that he’ll actually be out of the classroom well into 2026. “It really is kind of bittersweet leaving my classroom,” said Bedenbaugh, who teaches social studies to eighth graders at Batesburg-Leesville Middle School. “When I came back that Friday [after the award gala], all of my kids were upset because they thought that meant I was out of the classroom right then.
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1 week ago |
thestate.com | Bristow Marchant
File File Law enforcement was called to more than 100 calls of fights and assaults at Midlands high schools earlier this school year, documents reviewed by The State showed. The sheriff’s departments in Richland and Lexington counties reported 104 calls for assault during the fall of 2024, more than the 90 assaults reported a year earlier. Spring Valley had the most reported assaults, with 23 incidents that led to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department being called.
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1 week ago |
thestate.com | Bristow Marchant
Forts Pond Road near Pelion Google Maps Provided A washout on a dam spillway has forced a closure along a road in Lexington County, the S.C. Department of Transportation said on Monday. Forts Pond Road near Pelion has closed to traffic due to the washout, DOT said in a press release. Detour signs were directing traffic away from the road Monday afternoon. DOT is working with other agencies to repair the road.
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1 week ago |
ca.news.yahoo.com | Bristow Marchant
A washout on a dam spillway has forced a closure along a road in Lexington County, the S.C. Department of Transportation said on Monday. Forts Pond Road near Pelion has closed to traffic due to the washout, DOT said in a press release. Detour signs were directing traffic away from the road Monday afternoon. DOT is working with other agencies to repair the road. It’s unclear how long Forts Pond Road will be closed, and it’s unclear what caused the washout.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Bristow Marchant
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Large numbers of protesters are expected to descend on the South Carolina State House this Saturday for a planned protest against President Donald Trump. And who shows up may tell us something about where the administration is headed.
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