West Columbia City Councilman Jimmy Brooks steps into his new role as a West Columbia City Councilman with a lot of projects percolating. The Brookland project, at State and Meeting streets, is being negotiated. Other parts of the city, including Sunset Boulevard are adding businesses, and the Flow Townhomes are being constructed on the riverfront. Brooks […]

Christopher Bridgeforth, of Sandhills Hills Primary School,  has been recognized as the Lexington Medical Center Foundation’s Living Well Student-of-the-Month.  Marie Weatherford, also from Sandhills Hills Primary School, is the Living Well Teacher-of-the-Month. Christopher and Marie were recognized at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. They are pictured with Renee Dooley, of the Lexington Medical Center Foundation, sponsor […]

Roger Singleton of the South Congaree Police Department was named Law Enforcement Officer-of-the-Month at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday. He is pictured with Jason Shumpert, South Congaree Police Cheif and Vaughan Dozier of First Community Bank, sponsor of the award. The breakfast was held at the Midlands Technical College Airport Campus. […]

Savannah Shealy,  of Sandhills Primary School was recognized as the Student-of-the-Month at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast, Tuesday.  Amanda Sadler, also of Sandhills Primary, was named Teacher-of-the-Month. The breakfast was held at the Midlands Technical College Airport Campus. Sandhills Primary Principal Leslie Hightower is pictured with Savannah and Amanda. Sandhills Primary is a Lexington […]

A new design plan was introduced at the Lexington School District 2 meeting last Thursday. The new design is for the school planned to built on the Busbee site. It   reflects a request for a more traditional look for the school. The plan is to build the elementary school off of 12th Street Extension, […]

Airport High School in Cayce is accustom to hearing on Monday mornings the news that the school’s JROTC Drill Team finished 1st Place Overall or they brought home another Championship. The award winning Drill Team won their fourth Drill meet championship for the 2015/16 school year this past Saturday. The AHS JROTC Drill Team is […]

A Lexington County woman is facing charges after a fire destroyed a house on Rollingwood Drive. According to arrest warrants, Monica Lynn Calderwood, 29, set fire to a family member’s home late on Nov. 18 while she and three other individuals were inside. Calderwood has been charged with three counts of attempted murder and one […]

Nathan Walton, a swimmer for the Brookland-Cayce High Swim Team, was recognized at the Lexington School District 2 Board meeting, last Thursday. Nathan won the State Championship in the 100-meter butterfly event.