NEWS
The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), in conjunction with our partners at DPS, SLED, DNR, and National Guard, plans to remove the lane reversal on I-26 tomorrow morning, Friday, October 7, 2016. The process for returning I-26 to normal operations will begin by law enforcement stopping traffic from entering the reversed lanes at I-526 […]
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Brookland-Cayce was scheduled for a big showdown at home with Gilbert, and Airport would be hosting North Augusta. But those high school football games won’t happen Friday. There have been postponed until Nov. 4, thanks to Hurricane Matthew. The South Carolina High School League announced this week that the high school football season will be […]
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With Hurricane Matthew moving up the East Coast, trucks full of recovery equipment are being staged in Cayce. These four loads of equipment were sitting at a site on Charleston Highway in Cayce Thursday afternoon, in preparation to be moved to the storm site when needed. The hurricane is expected to reach South Carolina on […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy of West Columbia is scheduled to play Sunrise Christian out of Wichita on Dec. 3 in Fifth Annual Chicago Elite Classic (CEC.) The tournament will be held on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3, at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion. It features 22 of the top high school basketball programs from […]
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Hurricane Matthew could result in about two inches of rain and gusty winds for Lexington County, Saturday. While Lexington County should fare well through the storm, according to National Weather Service forecasts, the state’s Lowcountry, specifically Beaufort and Charleston counties could get as much as 12 inches of rain, with wind speeds of up to 70 […]
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County of Lexington advises dam, private reservoir and pond owners to begin lowering water levels The Lexington County Department of Public Safety is advising owners of private dams, reservoirs and ponds to begin lowering the water levels of their bodies of water ahead of Hurricane Matthew, which could bring heavy wind and rain to the […]
Read More >>Evacuees should bring comfort and essential living items with them to American Red Cross shelters. Hurricane Matthew evacuees that are traveling to any of the American Red Cross shelters throughout the state are encouraged to bring comfort, hygiene and essential living items with them in case the evacuation period should last longer than anticipated. Evacuees […]
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Lane reversals are scheduled to begin at at 3 p.m. on Wednesday for more than one million people evacuating the South Carolina coast, as Hurricane Matthew approaches the state. Many of those evacuees will head to Lexington County to take refuge. Lexington County schools have been closed for the next three days. Schools are routinely […]
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