Month: March 2025
A longtime Lexington Two educator who spent his career promoting career and technical education opportunities for students has been recognized with one of the district’s most prestigious honors. Bernie Adkins, who taught for 31 years in the district and retired from the Lexington Two Innovation center last spring, was inducted into the Heroes and Heroines […]
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WEST COLUMBIA, – Dr. Newsome and Gray College Academy (GCA) are proud to announce the hiring of four new leaders in the athletics department. Boys’ Basketball Dion Bethea will rejoin the school as head coach of the boys’ basketball program. Under Bethea’s leadership, GCA earned and won six Class 2A state championships in 2018, 2019, […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has positively identified the person who died in a motorcycle vs. vehicle accident on Meadowfield Road near Woodtrail Drive in the Gaston area of Lexington County, Wednesday. According to Fisher, Mr. Travis Leon Horton, 38, of Pelion was traveling northbound on Meadowfield Road attempting to evade police when he struck […]
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On The Road Again Auto Repair, at 1410 Frink Street in Cayce, has roots in the past, but it’s also open to innovation, where local high school students can get real-world experience and maybe even a job. (Feature Photo: Cayce Mayor Elise Partin and Andrew Finch) Andrew Finch is the owner. He opened his shop in […]
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Brookland Commons is coming to the site at 715 Ninth Street in West Columbia. Brookland Commons, a part of the Still Hopes Ministry, is a planned community for adults, 55 and older, in the former Lexington School District Two facility. The building that is there, that was once the Lexington Two District Offices, is being […]
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SC Treasurer Curtis Loftis released a video explaining how his office manages cash and investments—and what led to the $1.8 billion accounting error. Link to video South Carolina’s Money is Safe – Here’s What You Need to Know. Your money is safe and secure. “Please watch this two-minute video that explains how our office manages […]
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Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher released the findings of an autopsy after the death of 2-year-old Remede Pridgen who died in the residential structure fire that occurred in the 500 block of Canal Drive in the Pelion area of Lexington County on Saturday.. Fisher states that the autopsy performed at MUSC in Charleston on Monday found […]
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Robert Allen Gaffney, a 38-year-old man from Lexington County, has been convicted of Attempted Murder following a plea entered on Thursday, March 13. The Honorable Walton J. McLeod IV sentenced Gaffney to 25 years in prison. Under South Carolina law, the Attempted Murder charge is classified as a violent crime and is a “no parole” […]
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