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Lexington Medical Center on growth path, new urgent care facility planned for Cayce, says Roger Sipe, senior VP of operations

Roger Sipe, senior VP of operations for Lexington Medical Center, was the guest speaker at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber Breakfast, Tuesday, at Stone River in West Columbia. Sipe said Lexington Medical Center is growing and patient volume is increasing. He presented a graphic that showed from 2020 to 2021, the number of LMC’s Total […]

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Gray Collegiate softball team wins game 1 in State Championship series

Gray Collegiate Softball Shut Out Latta 7-0, Monday to Take Game 1 of the 2A State Championship Series in high school softball. Monday’s game was at Latta. It’s Gray’s first ever state championship series. The second game of the series is Wednesday at 1839 Dunbar Road in Cayce. With a win Wednesday, Gray will take […]

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Brookland-Cayce’s David Hoffman earns National Merit Scholarship

A Brookland-Cayce High School student has earned a National Merit Scholarship. Senior David Hoffman was named a winner of the prestigious scholarship. Winners are the finalists in each state judged to have the strongest combination of accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. Hoffman plans to attend the University of South Carolina […]

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Springdale Elementary’s Chandler Dorn wins Sodexo’s Future Chef Challenge national championship

Snow White may have seven dwarfs, but when it comes to national champions of Sodexo’s Future Chef Challenge, there can only be one winner. This year, that winner is Chandler Dorn, a fifth-grader at Springdale Elementary. It’s the first time a Lexington Two student has won the national championship in the annual competition. Chandler’s Snow […]

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New Principal named for Pine Ridge Middle School

Pine Ridge Middle School will have a new principal for the 2022-2023 school year. Karen Holloman, who currently serves as assistant principal at Riverbank Elementary, has been named to the top job at Pine Ridge Middle.  The hire was recommended by Lexington Two Acting Superintendent Barry Bolen and approved by the Board of Trustees at […]

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West Columbia teen dies in Lexington County vehicle crash

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a single-vehicle accident near the intersection of Old Barnwell Road and White Knoll Way in Lexington shortly before 2:30 p.m., Sunday. According to Fisher, Mr. Jorge Wyatt Rodriguez-Coleman, 19, of West Columbia was traveling westbound on Old Barnwell Road when the vehicle he […]

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Lexington Two announces new assistant principals

Lexington Two has announced new assistant principals for the 2022-2023 school year. At its board meeting on May 19, on the recommendation of Acting Superintendent Barry Bolen, the Lexington Two Board of Trustees approved the hiring of assistant principals Dr. Hawanya Amaker and Amy Tribble at Cayce Elementary School, Cheryl Talton at Airport High School, […]

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1st Annual Taylor Watford Run/Walk for Hope attracts good crowd, Saturday

It was good weather for a run Saturday morning. There was a cloud cover and the breeze was blowing. More than 100 runners and walkers took advantage of the good conditions to participate in the Taylor Watford Run/Walk for Hope. It started behind Brookland-Cayce High School. The Taylor Watford Foundation was founded by Jimmy and […]

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