NEWS

Tokyo Joe playing breast cancer fundraiser Oct. 29 in Lexington, with Prettier Than Matt and The Root Doctors

Tokyo Joe will celebrate their 25th anniversary with a breast cancer research fundraiser on Friday, Oct. 29, at the Icehouse Ampitheater in Lexington. Gates open at 6:00 pm, the show starts at 6:30 pm, and will feature Tokyo Joe, The Root Doctors, and Prettier Than Matt.     Tickets at $25.00 and may be purchased at www.icehouseampitheater.com

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Photos – Cayce Riverwalk around daybreak on the Congaree River

From the Granby Locks to the Blossom Street Bridge, the Cayce Riverwalk is majestically scenic. Take a look at it in the morning, as the sun comes up, while few people are stirring. You see the historic railroad trestles, the locks, a spider waiting for breakfast and the steamship mural painted on the bridge support. […]

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Lexington man charged with arson by SLED

Agents of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Wednesday arrested aLexington County man in connection to a house fire in Richland County Feb. 10. Willie Herman Womble, 41, was charged with second degree arson. The SLED investigation was requested by the Richland County Emergency ServicesDepartment.Womble was booked at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. The […]

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Pine Ridge Middle goes to virtual classes, 3 Lexington 2 schools now remote learning

Students at three Lexington Two schools have moved temporarily from in-person classes to remote learning. The schools and their periods of remote learning are: Cayce Elementary:  August 27-September 8. Students are tentatively scheduled to return to campus September 9. Northside Middle: August 30-September 9. Students are tentatively scheduled to return to campus September 10. Pine […]

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Northside Middle School in West Columbia going to virtual classes for 2 weeks

From Lexington 2 Schools – Students at Northside Middle School will move temporarily from in-person classes to remote learning for two weeks, beginning Monday, August 30. The decision is a result of the impact of COVID-19 on students, staff and safe school operations. This decision is not tied to the number of students and staff who […]

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SC Highway Patrol Trooper John Wayne Valdario of Pine Ridge serves 50 years; He says talk from your heart

From SC Department of Public Safety – Master Trooper John Wayne Valdario Sr., of Pine Ridge has served 50 years on the SC Highway Patrol. What’s the secret to working over 30 years in law enforcement, retiring and then coming back to work another 20 years? Ask Valdario and he’ll tell any new trooper it’s […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies man killed in dirt bike collision with a truck

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has released the identity of the person killed in a vehicle vs. motorcycle accident that occurred Thursday at approximately 5:30 a.m. on Highway 6 at Mimosa Drive in Gaston. According to Fisher, Mr. Christopher Scott Ledbetter, 39, of Gaston was operating a dirt bike with no lights  when he failed […]

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Cayce Elementary students will move temporarily to remote learning

Dawn Kujawa – Lexington Two Communications  – Students at Cayce Elementary will move temporarily from in-person classes to remote learning for two weeks, beginning Friday, August 27. The decision to move to temporary remote instruction is a result of the impacts of COVID-19 on students, staff and school operations at the Lexington Two school. This […]

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