The 2016-17 School Year opens for Lexington School District 2, Thursday. Almost 9,000 students will begin classes at the district’s 16 schools in Cayce, West Columbia Pine Ridge and South Congaree. Students range in age from 3K to adult education. One half of the children in the district ride the bus to school. With breakfast, […]

Students return to class Thursday (Aug. 18.) While they were gone some things changed in Lexington School District 2 over the summer. Work continued on the new elementary school, that is under construction on the 12th Street Extension in Cayce. It’s beside Busbee Creative Arts Academy. It is scheduled to open in fall 2017. Projects […]

Things will look different for Brookland-Cayce High School football in 2016. The Bearcats open the season at home- taking on Lake Marion at 7:30 p.m., Friday. The biggest change this year is the Bearcats’ conference schedule. There will be Airport, Aiken or Midland Valley in 3A Region V. Brookland-Cayce’s (BC’s) will be in the same […]

A new, but temporary, road is being dug in parts of West Columbia. The addition is part of SCE&G’s effort to rebuild its lines to transmit power from the nuclear reactors being constructed at its station in Fairfield County. Part of the road is being constructed behind Providence Presbyterian Church, off of Sunset Boulevard in […]

DHL delivered 69 bags of school supplies to Lexington District Two’s District Office Tuesday, for Congaree Elementary, Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center and Herbert A. Wood Elementary. The supplies were all donated by employees at the DHL facility located at 3245 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia.

22 Indicted for Fraud Emanating from Murphy Village for Racketeering Acting United States Attorney Beth Drake Said Tuesday, that Hannah Carroll, Rose M. Mulholland, Kim Mulholland, Caroline Sherlock, Catherine Carroll, Anthony Carroll, Johnny M. Sherlock, Mary Rita Sherlock, Jimmy Gorman, Leslie Gorman, Leslie Ann Sherlock, Jimmy J. Carroll, Mary Costello, Mary Gorman Carroll, Renee Carroll, Rose S. […]

There was a high concentration of police cars in Cayce Monday night. The call to Cayce Public Safety involved a shooting. Cayce Spokeswoman Ashley Hunter has confirmed that there was a shooting. “Yes, one male was shot off Highway 302.,” Hunter said.  “It is still under investigation.” More details of the incident will be reported […]

Register for CWC Jaycees Annual 9-11 5K for our Troops  The annual 5K event hosted by the Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees at the W.M. Rish Riverwalk Park & Amphitheater. Partnering with Team RWB and Hidden Wounds. It’s at 5 p.m. Sunday Sept. 11, 119 Alexander Road, West Columbia. Registration: www.strictlyrunning.com Proceeds from the event support military […]