From Adam Myrick of the LCSD A Lexington woman has been charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of her infant daughter. Heather Marie Lawson, 22, of Lexington failed to provide her 7-month-old baby necessary health care after the child was injured Saturday in a fall, according to an arrest warrant served by […]

Springdale has distinguished police chief Springdale Police Chief Kevin Cornett has been chosen by the International Association of Chiefs of Police as one of the 40 under 40 award winners. “This is a great honor and distinction,” said Mayor Michael Bishop.  

Lexington School District 2’s Daniel Bailey received the Warren E. Shull Award for the National Middle Level Adviser of the Year. The award is given by the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Bailey is a social studies teacher and student government advisor at Pine Ridge Middle School in West Columbia. “Words cannot express how […]

Activity all but ceased last week on part of the lower Saluda River. The Department of Health and Environmental Control issued a no-swim advisory last Tuesday, because of high bacteria counts in the Saluda Shoals Park area. Carolina Water Service allowed sewage to seep into the river. On Saturday- at the Moffitt Street entrance to […]

There will be a Car Wash at 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., Saturday at Ricky’s Tire and Auto Center, 1534 Sunset Blvd. It’s for the benefit of the Brookland-Cayce High School Rugby Team.

A Batesburg man has been sentenced to 8 years in prison for a hit and run collision involving a great bodily injury. Judge Frank R. Addy Jr., imposed the sentence on Clayton Dell Kneece, 34. On the evening of February 5, 2016, a pickup truck struck pedestrian, William Barnes, 45, of Leesville, on Ben Franklin […]

Arrest warrants have been issued for two men in connection with the theft of vehicles from a car dealership. Lexington County Sheriff’s Department detectives have served an arrest warrant on Blake Stephen Sparks, 34, of Lexington. An arrest warrant will be served on Mikel Edison King, 34, of Blythewood upon his release from the Alvin […]

Release from Adam Myrick of the LCSD: The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department will begin its next reserve deputy training cycle Oct. 19. “Reserve deputies are a major component of our commitment to serve the people of Lexington County,” Sheriff Jay Koon said. “They sacrifice time away from their families to supplement the number of full-time, […]