From the LMC Blog – At the request of Senator Katrina Shealy, Lexington Medical Center and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control are working together to provide free COVID-19 testing at White Knoll High School in Lexington County on Tuesday, June 2 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The free testing is […]

Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin spoke live at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast Tuesday. The meeting was held at the Corley Mill House on Corley Mill Road in Lexington. It was the first post-COVID-19 Chamber Breakfast. Benjamin, who joked about the many themes of protective masks he carries, said there was an option to tele-communicate […]

Two men and a woman are charged with impersonating law enforcement officers after Lexington County deputies said the suspects claimed to be cops and talked their way into a Pelion home last month. Chad David Andrews, 31, Emily Kristin Moore, 24, and Kenneth Ray Wooten, 43, are also charged with first-degree burglary, according to arrest […]

Mrs. Krystal Toole has been named Saluda River Academy for the Arts Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Lucy Collins has been named Saluda River Academy for the Arts Staff Member of the Year-

Richland County Coroner Gary Watts released the name of the individual who died in a vehicle crash that happened Sunday, just before 9 p.m. A two-vehicle collision occurred at the intersection of Mountain Brook Drive and Leesburg Road in Columbia, according to the coroner’s office. As a result of that collision Johnny Dickerson, 67, of […]

An Orangeburg man who works for the Lexington County Detention Center’s food service provider is accused of providing forbidden items to an inmate. Joshua Lawrence Clyburn, 28, is charged with furnishing contraband inside a county correctional facility, according to an arrest warrant. Michael Channing Moses, 45, is charged with possessing contraband while being housed as […]

From Mary Beth Hill- Lexington 1 Communications – Lexington County School District One will reschedule the Pelion, Gilbert and White Knoll high school graduations from this week to next week. With the rain last week and the rain predicted this week, the scheduled graduations would struggle with rainy and wet conditions all week. If any […]

Memorial Day was commemorated Monday at a ceremony in Pelion. The heroes who bravely gave their lives for freedom were honored and remembered. The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department Honor Guard participated in the Pelion Memorial Day ceremony, which featured the flag of United States Sheriff Jay Koon and his family were also in attendance.