Bristow Marchant

Columbia

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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Updates: Eighth grader killed in Lexington 2 middle school bus crash identified

6 days ago | thetandd.com | Bristow Marchant |Alexa Jurado |Hannah Wade |Javon L. Harris |Andrew Dys
Updates: Eighth grader killed in Lexington 2 middle school bus crash identified

6 days ago | scnow.com | Bristow Marchant |Alexa Jurado |Hannah Wade |Javon L. Harris |Andrew Dys

Information is still coming out about the fatal bus crash involving a Lexington 2 school bus in Chester County on Thursday. One person, 13-year-old student Jose Maria Gonzales Linares, was killed and 21 people were transported to hospitals after a tire blew out on the 2021 Blue Bird school bus carrying students from Pine Ridge Middle School home from a field trip to the Charlotte area. The bus overturned on Interstate 77 and closed traffic in both directions for a time Thursday afternoon.
Lexington 2 middle school bus crash killed eighth grader

6 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Bristow Marchant

A school bus is parked at Pine Ridge Middle School on Thursday, April 17, 2025. A bus carrying students from Pine Ridge Middle School overturned in Chester County. At least 20 people were transported to the hospital. [email protected] Information is still coming out about the fatal bus crash involving a Lexington 2 school bus in Chester County on Thursday.
SC churches go to Supreme Court to try to break away from denomination

6 days ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Bristow Marchant

Multiple South Carolina churches are taking their parent denomination to the S.C. Supreme Court to try to get out from under its jurisdiction and keep their church holdings intact. The lawsuit was filed Monday by the Methodist Church of Simpsonville, with its pastor and chair of the church council named as individual plaintiffs, joined by nine other Methodist congregations across South Carolina that seek to leave the United Methodist conference and retain their church property in the process.
SC utility bill would address rash of water, gas line strikes. It may not pass

1 week ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Bristow Marchant

A bill meant to crack down on utility strikes that have disrupted neighborhoods across the state is waiting for action in the S.C. Senate, with just weeks left in this year’s session. The bill tightening rules around digging in public right-of-ways, H.3571, passed the House of Representatives unanimously at the end of February, but has yet to come up for a hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
South Carolina boat motors may be getting taxed twice. What’s being done?

1 week ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

As S.C. lawmakers push to remove a tax on boat owners’ outboard motors, a review of tax records show that many counties are double taxing boat owners already. South Carolina is one of few states in the nation that tax a boat and its outboard motor separately, with two different local property taxes collected by each county.
Could new charter school near Columbia force district staff cuts or tax increase?

2 weeks ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

Chapin Elementary School on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. Joshua Boucher [email protected] Lexington-Richland 5 school district leaders could be faced with a tough choice next year: try to raise more money through local taxes, or find savings by making cuts elsewhere. The school district expects that the opening of a new campus for Gray Collegiate Academy in Irmo next year will have an impact on the district.
Could new charter school near Columbia force district staff cuts or tax increase?

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bristow Marchant

Bristow MarchantThu, April 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM UTC4 min readLexington-Richland 5 school district leaders could be faced with a tough choice next year: try to raise more money through local taxes, or find savings by making cuts elsewhere. The school district expects that the opening of a new campus for Gray Collegiate Academy in Irmo next year will have an impact on the district.
One Lake Murray park won’t open this summer. Another is down nearly half its parking

2 weeks ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

A long-delayed state park on the shores of Lake Murray is taking steps toward opening later this year, even as another public park has opened with tighter rules for access this summer lake season. Formerly an employees-only getaway spot for workers at SCE&G, Pine Island was originally planned to open as a state park last fall. But the opening date has been pushed back due to a pair of unforeseen calamities.
One Lake Murray park won’t open this summer. Another is down 80 parking spaces

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Bristow Marchant

A long-delayed state park on the shores of Lake Murray is taking steps toward opening later this year, even as another public park has opened with tighter rules for access this summer lake season. Formerly an employees-only getaway spot for workers at SCE&G, Pine Island was originally planned to open as a state park last fall. But the opening date has been pushed back due to a pair of unforeseen calamities.