NEWS

Gray Collegiate Academy names Gene Frye as new varsity baseball coach

Gray Collegiate Academy has named Gene Frye as its new varsity baseball coach. He is a championship- caliber coach Frye began coaching when he was 16 with Lexington Dixie Youth Baseball. He has coached at all levels of recreational baseball from Majors, Pony, and American Legion. He has coached on the high school level too. […]

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Pine Ridge Middle School Fundraiser Car Show is Saturday

The Pine Ridge Middle School Gold Fest Car Show  Fundraiser Car Show is Saturday, at 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. It’s at 735 Pine Ridge Drive West Columbia SC 29172. Registration opens at 9am ~ Show 10 a.m. Open for All makes, models, & years. Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Classics, Street Rods, Pro-Street, Race Cars, Imports, […]

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church plans health fair, Oct. 22

A Community Health and Wellness Fair is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 22, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2491 Emmanuel Church Rd., in West Columbia. Free health screenings, community resources for vision, dental, nutrition, safety and other resources to help community with health and wellness needs will be available. There will be a 3-in-1 bounce house, a face […]

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Ramblin Road and Wilton Road (Tues. and Thurs.) meetings postponed

ATTENTION!!! Due to Hurricane Matthew and the events of the past week. SCDOT must reschedule the meetings previously planned for Tuesday (6 p.m at Congaree Elementary) and Thursday (6 p.m. Springdale Baptist)  to discuss the Dam issues at Wilton, Durham, and Ramblin Roads. The staff of DOT is spread out along the coast of SC, […]

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Man gets life sentence in death of 2-year-old

Joshua Warren Hopkins has been sentenced to life in prison. Hopkins, 29, was found guilty in a Lexington County Court of Homicide by child abuse and aiding and abetting homicide by child abuse. The verdict stems from the death of Tayshun “Tae” Swearington, 2, on November 27, 2013. Hopkins was sentenced to life imprisonment by […]

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Trinity Baptist Youth look out for Cayce DPS

The Youth of Trinity Baptist Church in Cayce made sure members of the Cayce Department of Public Safety had food, drinks and a lot of encouragement as they dealt with Hurricane Matthew. The members of the church brought the food to Cayce’s Emergency Operations Center.

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Transformer blown at Northside Middle School, students dismissed

A little after 9 this morning, power at Northside Middle School in West Columbia was disrupted due to a blown transformer. Parents were lined up in front of the school Monday morning to pick up children. Parents were notified that they may pick up their students.  In the interest of safety, provisions have been made for students that […]

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Lexington 2 Schools open Monday

Lexington 2 schools will be open Monday and operate on a normal schedule.  From Jim Hinton of Lexington School District 2: Lexington School District Two Schools will operate on a normal schedule Monday, October 10, 2016. Lexington District Two asks all staff and students to report to school Monday at their regular times.  

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