Halloween is over, election day is upon us and believe it or not, some are already preparing for the Christmas season. Amazon is looking to hire more than 1,300 seasonal employees in South Carolina, most of them at Amazon’s West Columbia fulfillment center at 4400 12th St. Ext., just outside of Cayce, near the I-77 […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred at the junction of Interstate 77 Northbound and Interstate 26 Eastbound at approximately 3 a.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Allen Ozoris Evans, 31, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scene due to injuries sustained in […]

Reagan Daniels- Joyner BCHS was crowned Brookland-Cayce’s homecoming queen, Friday night. She was introduced at the halftime of the Brookland-Cayce – Airport football game. The photos of Reagan and all of the Homecoming court were taken by Doreen Sizemore. In the football game, Brookland-Cayce defeated Airport 51-0.

There will be road closures and detours in Lexington on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 1) for the 18th Annual Lexington County Veterans Parade in downtown Lexington. The road closures and detours will begin at 1 p.m., said Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. West Butler Street will be closed from Columbia Avenue to North Church Street, along […]

For the first time since the year 2000, Bill Bingham is not on the ballot for the Lexington County Two School board. He has no regrets. “I was able to do what I set out to do,” said Bingham. “We improved the image of the district.”  He said he feels he has completed his community […]

Halloween is Saturday. It’s an unusual year for trick-or-treat with a global pandemic impacting our activities. But cancelling Halloween activities could affect mental health, according to medical experts, especially for children already anxious over the pandemic. Airport High School in West Columbia conducted its annual recognition of Halloween with a drive-thru trick-or-treat Wednesday. The drive-thru […]

The 18th Annual Lexington County Veteran’s Parade is scheduled to take place Sunday (Nov. 1,) in Lexington along Main Street and South Lake Drive. The City of Columbia canceled its Veterans Day Parade because of COVID-19 fears. The parade will begin at 3 p.m. and will be Grand Marshaled by Ken Peterson, a U.S. Army […]

Airport High School will be at Brookland-Cayce Friday night as the crosstown rivals resume their annual high school football series. The Bearcats defeated Airport, 24-20 in an exciting contest, in the junior varsity game played Wednesday night at BC. Tickets for Friday’s game are still on sale from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. Thursday and […]