Month: August 2020

Stein Mart closing amid COVID-19 crisis

Stein Mart, a sore that has been around for 112–years, has filed for bankruptcy. Most stores will close, and likely the one in Lexington. The COVID-19 crisis “caused significant financial distress on our business,” Stein Mart CEO Hunt Hawkins said in a release on Wednesday. The coronavirus forced store closings in many states. It was […]

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Spa 131 – Then and Now

This older photo is of the State Bank and Trust Company at 131 State Street in West Columbia in 1967. The photo came from an ad in the 1967 Airport High School Yearbook that is in the possession of Bill Mooneyhan. The building is the current site of Spa 131. Spa 131  is a premier […]

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Ann Bailey-Robinson elected to Cayce City Council in special election

Ann Bailey- Robinson received 58 percent of the vote in Tuesday’s special election to fill Cayce City Council seat No. 3. J. Kelly Wuest got 23 percent of the vote and Robin Milton received 19 percent. There were 53 votes cast in the election. The term for Council Seat 3 is set to expire on […]

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64 Lexington Two students named AP Scholars

From Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications Director – Sixty-four Lexington Two high school students earned scores high enough on multiple AP exams to be named AP Scholars, with one earning National AP Scholar, a distinction given to fewer than 1 percent of students nationwide. The Advanced Placement (AP) Program recognizes high school students who […]

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Pair Elementary site approved for learning program for students

The former George I. Pair, Jr. Elementary School building on Platt Springs Road was approved as a program site for students by the Lexington Two Board at its meeting, Thursday. There will be a five-day-a-week supervised learning program operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Midlands in partnership with Still Hopes, at the […]

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Need a job – House of Raeford is hiring

House of Raeford Farms is hiring at all of its locations in SC, GA, LA, and NC. House of Raeford offers benefits and on the job training. There is a House of Raeford operation at 441 Sunset Boulevard in West Columbia. According to a company post, if you fill out an online application, House of […]

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Claude A. Taylor Elementary in Cayce is gone

Claude A. Taylor Elementary, at 103 Ann Lane in Cayce, is gone. In late June, Dawn Kujawa, Lexington Two Communications Director said in a press release demolition work was slated to begin in early July on Claude A. Taylor Elementary School in Cayce. That school has been torn down. Former Taylor student Gregg Pinner, with […]

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Cayce ends moratorium on building large subdivisions

In December, the City of Cayce implemented a moratorium on the building of large scale residential subdivisions of 15 or more homes or multi-family units (apartment buildings) of four or more. Last Tuesday, Cayce City Council held a public meeting for input on the extension of the moratorium. City Council decided against extending the temporary […]

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