NEWS

Nov. 11 will be Lexington 2 make-up day

The Lexington 2 School Board voted, Thursday,  to use Nov. 11, as a make-up day for the three days missed during Hurricane Matthew. The was a no-school day because it is Veteran’s Day. If the state does not forgive the other two missed days for the hurricane, two days could be made up in February […]

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New elementary school plan moves from Henbet to Cougar Dr., by Northside Middle

The Lexington School District 2 Board heard a plan, Thursday night,  that would move a proposed elementary school from Henbet Drive to 16.73 acres on Cougar Drive, across from Northside Middle School. The K-5 school would combine BC Grammar School No. 1 students and students from Pineview Elementary School. The Henbet school would have also […]

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New BCHS Basketball Arena planned for Cayce Motel 6 site

Plans were announced, Thursday, for a new 1,500-seat Brookland High School basketball arena at 613 Knox-Abbott Drive, Cayce. The Lexington Two School Board has purchased 3.10 acres currently occupied by the Motel 6. Plans are to demolish the motel and build the new $10.5 million Brookland-Cayce High School arena on the site. The site for […]

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Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees Hall of Horrors is open

South Carolina’s longest running haunted house, The Cayce-West Columbia Jaycees Hall of Horrors, is OPEN from 8:00 – 11:00! Make sure to grab your friends and get scared this Halloween season. It’s at 1153 Walter Price St. Cayce. 

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Coroner identifies woman killed on I-20, Friday

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual killed in the three-vehicle accident that occurred at approximately 6 a.m. on Friday. Mary Frances Young, 58, of Columbia died at the scene due to injuries she sustained in the accident. It happened on I-20 at mile marker 47 in the eastbound lanes. The drivers of […]

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Brookland-Cayce Girls Cross Country Team finishes 2nd in Region

The Brookland-Cayce High School Girls Cross Country Team finished second in the Region 5 3A meet, Wednesday. The meet was held at Pelion High School. Three members of the team were named to the All Region Team.  Ainsley Allen (7th-grade) finished fourth, Lyndsey Ebner (12th-grade) finished seventh and Madison Ezzelle (11th-grade) finished ninth in the […]

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Sen. Nikki Setzler says road through Quail Hollow would be devastating

Below is a letter released by state Sen. Nikki Setzler:  My friend, – This is incredibly important… You may not have heard, but SCDOT is considering solutions to fix the “Carolina Crossroads” — or what most of us know as Malfunction Junction at the intersection at I-20/I-26/I-126. One of the alternatives SCDOT has proposed would go […]

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Saluda River’s Arts Unlimited performs at the SC State Fair

The Arts Unlimited class of Saluda Academy for the Arts ( SRAA) brought down the house at the S.C. State Fair, Thursday. Link to Music sample The performing arts troupe of third, fourth, and fifth-grade students performed a salute to Fort Jackson and the military on the WLTX stage. “These students have worked hard,” said Kayla […]

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