Anna Huffman has been named as the public information officer for the City of West Columbia. Huffman has been overseeing the city’s social media presence, said Brian Carter, West Columbia deputy administrator. “As the city’s PIO, Anna will be the primary point of contact for media representatives and coordinate all Freedom of Information Act requests, […]

A deal to proceed with Brookland, could lead to explosive growth in the West Columbia Vista. On Jan. 21, West Columbia City Council approved a key rezoning ordinance. Turning the property at State and Meeting streets into Planned Unit Development opens the door for Estates Co. to build its multi-million residential, commercial and retail complex, […]

While it may be next fall before the large gash in West Columbia’s Botanical Parkway is repaired, nature’s engineers are hard at work. The back road to Riverbanks Zoo suffered a crush to a culvert in the early October floods. A portion of the road was washed away. It is a county-owned road, and it […]

The Lexington County Coroner’s Office reports (via Facebook)  that a friend of Debra Lynn Barker has been found. The coroner’s office stated the friend and has agreed to handle arrangements for her. The post from the coroner’s office is below: “I received a call from a friend that Ms. Barker had lived with for some […]

The Lexington 2 School Board approved the design of a new elementary school planned at the Busbee site in Cayce, at its Wednesday meeting. Building site work for the school could be complete by mid-March, and all plans finalized for a May vote, according to Hal Turner of Thompson Turner Construction. The two-story structure on […]

Teacher Recruitment Fair!! Lexington School District Two will have its Teacher Recruitment Fair February 6, 2016, from 8:30 am until 11 a.m. at Brookland Cayce High School. Registration is now open. You may register by completing the online application by clicking the CAREERS tab, then click on JOB OPENINGS at: Click for Lexington 2 Website

Brookland-Cayce Grammar School No. 1 is a finalist for the Palmetto’s Finest Award. To commemorate its status as finalist for the prestigious award, BC Grammar School No. 1 Principal Walter Clark was given a Certificate of Achievement for the school at the Lexington School Board meeting, Wednesday night. District 2 Superintendent Dr. Bill James presented […]

  The Lexington School District 2 Board, at its meeting Wednesday, confirmed a plan that would calculate costs to keep two existing elementary schools in operation. In November, board members expressed concern over the projected traffic problem and enrollment numbers at a new mega-school planned to be built on Henbet Drive. District voters, in 2014, […]