The rain began falling Thursday night, and has not stopped. Creeks are beginning to run high, and flash flood warnings are being issued by the National Weather Service.  Lexington County is closing some roads. The county issued the release below after 3 p.m., Friday. The City of West Columbia also reported  Cofield Drive and Terrace View Drive […]

According to a release from Lexington County, the county has experienced an estimated 3.5 inches of rainfall – at about 3 p.m.- since the storm’s beginning Thursday evening. The country is also reporting that trees have fallen on homes, two trees have fallen on vehicles and one power line has been damaged due to a fallen […]

Press Release from the City of West Columbia UPDATE: West Columbia Road Closures Due to Flooding and Downed Trees Please avoid the following areas in West Columbia, as there are multiple trees down blocking roadways: ·         Westover Acres ·         Saluda Hills ·         Saluda Gardens Use other routes if you are in these areas, and do […]

Lexington 2 Schools to Dismiss Early on Friday, September 2 Due to Inclement Weather   Lexington School District 2 will begin dismissing its high school and middle school students at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, September 2 and its early childhood center and elementary school students at 12:00 noon due to the inclement weather predicted by the […]

LEXINGTON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY MONITORING HURRICANE HERMINE AND INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS The Lexington County Department of Public Safety, which includes the County’s Emergency Management Division, is closely monitoring Hurricane Hermine as it continues to develop in the Gulf Coast. National Weather Service reports indicate that Hurricane Hermine will affect Lexington County. Lexington County […]

The Brookland-Cayce Varsity football game that was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday will not be played on Friday due to predicted bad weather. A new time for the game has not yet been announced.

Airport High School plays a home football game versus Lower Richland at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Lower Richland is 0-2 with home losses to Crestwood and Spring Valley. The Eagles saw the return, last week, of QB Bret Burnett who was injured most of 2015. He had a very solid performance and Airport scored 43 points […]

Springdale Police Department announced the graduation of two new officers. They are officers Gantt and Goodwin. The two completed their twelve-week training program at the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy last week.