The cost to enhance three Lexington 2 schools was presented at the Lexington 2 School Board meeting Thursday night. Approximately 11,000-sq-ft. will be renovated at Pine Ridge Middle School with the addition of a cafeteria. The cost for that project is just under $5.9 million, it was announced at the meeting. Construction on the project […]

The West Columbia Beautification Foundation (WCBF) held its Tribute for Trees event Thursday evening. It’s a fundraising effort to sponsor tree and plant projects in West Columbia. The WCBF sells trees to contributors and raised $17,000 during the Tribute for Trees last year. The amount raised this year appears to have exceeded last year’s total. […]

Three Lexington School District 2 middle schools received Palmetto Silver Awards, Thursday, and one Palmetto Gold Award was presented. Busbee, Pine Ridge and Fulmer Middle received Silver and Northside Middle received Gold. The awards were presented at Lexington 2’s Board meeting, Thursday night. The Palmetto Silver and Gold Awards program is designed to recognize schools for […]

Students return to class Thursday (Aug. 18.) While they were gone some things changed in Lexington School District 2 over the summer. Work continued on the new elementary school, that is under construction on the 12th Street Extension in Cayce. It’s beside Busbee Creative Arts Academy. It is scheduled to open in fall 2017. Projects […]

The 2016-17 School Year opens for Lexington School District 2, Thursday. Almost 9,000 students will begin classes at the district’s 16 schools in Cayce, West Columbia Pine Ridge and South Congaree. Students range in age from 3K to adult education. One half of the children in the district ride the bus to school. With breakfast, […]

The 2016-17 School Year opens for Lexington School District 2, Thursday. Almost 9,000 students will begin classes at the district’s 16 schools in Cayce, West Columbia Pine Ridge and South Congaree. In addition to busses carrying thousands of children to school- parents who drop-off and pick-up will be on the road too after the summer […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person who was found dead in West Columbia at approximately 7:30 a.m.  on Thursday. The name of the person found dead is Michael Andy McMillan, 30,  of Columbia. Double Branch Road is between Sunset Boulevard and Greenwood Road. His body was found in the 1600 block of […]

DHL delivered 69 bags of school supplies to Lexington District Two’s District Office Tuesday, for Congaree Elementary, Congaree-Wood Early Childhood Center and Herbert A. Wood Elementary. The supplies were all donated by employees at the DHL facility located at 3245 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia.