Airport and Brookland-Cayce won state playoff games last Friday. Both are moving forward in the playoffs. Airport, a No. 2 seed, defeated Orangeburg-Wilkinson 35-27. Brookland-Cayce, a No. 4 seed, upset No. 1 seed Hanahan, 34-31 at Hanahan. Both games were round one of the 3A State playoffs. Airport is now 10-1 and will travel to top-ranked Hartsville […]

The Lexington School District 2 Board voted to explore options that could keep Pineview Elementary and Saluda River Academy for the Arts, open. When a $225 million bond referendum was passed by voters in November 2014, the plan was to build a mega elementary school. That school – on Henbet Drive –  would house kindergarten-through-fifth grade […]

Zak Stevens will be a featured performer on lead vocals for Trans-Siberian Orchestra  (T.S.O.) when they appear at the Colonial Life Arena Friday,  on “The Ghosts of Christmas Eve” Winter Tour. Zak grew up in West Columbia, graduated from Brookland-Cayce High School in 1984, and is an alum of the University of South Carolina (’88). He started […]

The for water customers in the following areas: 2800 block of Franklin Street All of Shampy Street All of Bensmin Drive 2800 block of Kirkwood Drive All of Dalewood Drive All of Sandlewood Drive All of Morningdale Drive 2700, 2800, and 2900 blocks of Rainbow Drive Water customers in this area were advised to boil […]

The cost for intersection work at Knox-Abbott Drive and Charleston Highway is $789,000. Cayce City Council discussed the project at Wednesday’s City Council meeting. A Walmart Neighborhood Market is being built at the intersection that is beside Love Mitsubishi. Construction has already started on the site. The City will get $300,000 via Lexington County C-funds […]

The City of West Columbia experienced a water line break affecting water customers in the following areas:  2800 block of Franklin Street All of Shampy Street All of Bensmin Drive 2800 block of Kirkwood Drive All of Dalewood Drive All of Sandlewood Drive All of Morningdale Drive 2700, 2800, and 2900 blocks of Rainbow Drive […]

Cayce City Council will meet at 5 p.m. at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center, 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Wednesday for its regular council meeting. Council’s agenda items are listed below. Proclamation A. Approval of Proclamation – Arbor Day A. Discussion and Approval of Ordinance 2015-13 Amending Article 7 (“Conditional Use and Special Exception Regulations”) […]

“They lost everything,” said Robin Bowers. Bowers is the executive director of Lexington Interfaith Christians Services (LICS.) She saw families whose lives were literally washed away in early October, when floods hit the Midlands. Every segment of the community was affected. House of Raeford has a workforce of more than 850. The workers at the […]