There were 8,897 students in Lexington School District 2 as of Sept. 1. That’s down slightly compared to district enrollment numbers for the same date in 2014-15. Last year, 10 days after the start of school, enrollment was 8,905. Lexington School District 2 released 10-day enrollment numbers last week for the 2015-16 school year. There […]

Joseph “Clay” Dixon received the Lexington Medical Center Foundation Live Well Award, Tuesday morning. Clay lives in Swansea and is a ninth-grade student at the Swansea High Freshman Academy. When he was younger, Clay had always had trouble speaking. He would slur his words. “Often people had trouble understanding me,” Clay said. Months of speech […]

At the Chapin-vs-Brookland-Cayce football game, Friday, some BC alumni presented an authentic jersey that was worn by Bearcat players in 1949, 1950 and 1951. The jersey belonged to former player Harold “Hambone” Jones. Larry Hallman was also showing fans the jersey. Bill Moye was the head coach of BC in the period Jones and Hallman were in […]

“I loved my brother from another mother, but God loved him better.” Those were the words delivered in the thunderous voice of Rev. Kenneth Taylor of West Columbia’s Turner Memorial A.M.E. Church. Taylor was speaking of David L. “Scooter” Scott. Scott died Sept, 17 after a battle with cancer. Taylor eulogized Scott Sunday at a […]

Bulldogs put half-a-hundred on Gamecocks The 2014 football  season for the University of South Carolina was a disaster compared to the three consecutive 11-win seasons before. Three total collapses by the USC defense resulted in a 7-5 season, in 2014, and a return to a place in college football Gamecock fans did not want to […]

Airport defeated Richland Northeast 16-0 in Friday night high school football action. Chapin beat Brookland-Cayce 35-25. Airport and BC played at home. Airport’s win keeps the Eagles undefeated at 4-0. BC’s loss to Chapin drops the Bearcat’s record to 1-3.