It’s like going from Noah’s Ark to the USS Enterprise. That’s how David Rush described the technology blitz incorporated into House of Raeford’s new hatchery, just outside of Batesburg-Leesville, on Columbia Highway, in Monetta. Rush is the Assistant Complex Manager for House of Raeford, Columbia. The new facility is upfitted with the latest advancements from […]

Ben Williams of West Columbia recently graduated from South Carolina Connections Academy, a tuition-free virtual public school that serves students in grades K-12 statewide. S.C. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) honored Ben Williams and two others with a Congressional record for their speeches at Capitol Day. There are three other Connections graduates from West Columbia. They […]

Wayne M. Grooms, 71, of West Columbia, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake, Sunday afternoon. Grooms was a commissioner with the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District. A report about his death was posted on his Facebook account, Monday. Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock said Grooms  was visiting Santee National Wildlife Refuge with family […]

Work is progressing at the site of the new Lexington 2 elementary school on Bulldog Boulevard in Cayce. Ground was broken for the school on April 18. The new campus off the 12th Street Extension will house Taylor Elementary School and Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Cost estimates for the 145,000-sq-ft. school are projected […]

Tuesday (June 14) is Primary Day in Lexington County. There are lots of contested races, some with several candidates. If there are runoff elections, those would be held June 28. The General Election is Nov. 8. Below is a list of candidates. Democrat or other party affiliations are denoted. All others are Republican. “I” denotes […]

The City of West Columbia held the second of two public information meetings regarding a 2% Hospitality Tax, Monday. Brian Carter, City Administrator, said many requests have been made to council for special projects, and a Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) – on prepared foods- could fund some of those requests, if passed. The Cayce West Columbia […]

Release from Rhonda Robinson- 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office ALABAMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON After a four day trial, a Lexington County jury returned guilty verdicts in a murder case. Justin Antonio Butler, AKA Jona McCoy, 24, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., was convicted for the murder of Tycus […]