NEWS

Keith Crawford is Cayce’s Outstanding Employee-of-the- Year

The City of Cayce has recognized its 2016 Outstanding Employee-of-the- Year – The winner of the award is Mr. Keith Crawford from the Cayce Sanitation Department. He is pictured with Cayce Mayor Elise Partin. Crawford also received his 20-year pin for his years of service to Cayce.

Lexington 2 Board to meet Tuesday

The Board of Trustees of Lexington County School District Two will meet in special session at 7:30 pm, on Tuesday, January 31, in the, Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia, SC. A proposed Agenda is below. Notices and Agendas are also posted on the District’s website, www.lex2.org / Board […]

School District Victim of Data Breach

The Lexington County School District 2 fell victim to a social engineering scam earlier this week. The district became aware of the scam on Thursday. The data breach included W-2 information of employees that worked for Lexington School District 2 between January 1 and December 31, 2016. The district sent out notification to employees on […]

Two people killed in Lexington County accident, Thursday

Two people were killed in a crash of two pickup trucks, Thursday afternoon, according to Cpl. Sonny Collins of the S.C. Highway Patrol. The two pickups, a 2008 Chevrolet and a ’92 Dodge, crashed on Hwy. 391 about one mile north of Batesburg-Leesville. Collins said the Dodge crossed the center line and the two trucks […]

Lexington County Sheriff moving forward with body cam purchase

Release from Lexington County Sheriff’s Department:  Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon has received approval from the Lexington County Council to use state dollars to start a body camera pilot program. “I’m thankful to council for supporting our plan. Body cameras are valuable tools that our citizens expect us to have,” Koon said. “They help us be […]

Chamber gets update on major construction at LMC

Roger Sipe, Lexington Medical Center’s Senior Vice President of Operations, gave a construction progress update at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce breakfast on Tuesday. The hospital is in the middle of a $400 million expansion plan that will add a 10-floor tower, 545,000 square feet, 175 beds, eight operating rooms, and 20 specially […]

Person killed in US 378 traffic accident is identified

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the person killed in a two-vehicle accident  that occurred on Tuesday. It happened in the 1100 block of US 378 near Clubside Drive in Lexington County  at approximately 5:45 p.m. Fisher states that Autumn Victoria Joiner, 20 years old, of Blythewood. died at the scene from the injuries she […]

MJ Norris, Cathy Hill of Sandhills Middle recognized at Chamber Breakfast

Norris “MJ” Reed of Sandhills Middle School was named Student-of-the-Month and Cathy Hill of Sandhills Middle was named Teacher-of-the-Month, Tuesday.  Sandhills Middle is in the Lexington 4 School District. The recognition came at the Greater Cayce-West Columbia Chamber of Commerce Breakfast. It was held at Lexington Medical Center.