NEWS

Airport, Brookland-Cayce in baseball playoff games, Monday

Airport defeated Wren, 11-5, Saturday to stay alive in the S.C. High School League playoffs. Brookland-Cayce defeated Loris Saturday 14-4 Saturday. Both 4A Airport and 3A BC have one playoff loss and both travel and must win two games to win the district crown. Airport travels to play Eastside Monday. BC travels to play Bishop-England […]

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West Columbia Beautification Foundation part of Midlands Gives, Tuesday

The fourth annual Midlands Gives effort is a 24-hour giving event presented by the Central Carolina Community Foundation. Donors can choose to give to the West Columbia Beautification Foundation, Tuesday. It begins Tuesday and encourages individuals to donate online to their choice among more than 300 nonprofits in 11 Midlands counties. Midlands Gives is a […]

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West Columbia mother protects daughter from rapist – he gets 45 years

Submitted by Eleventh Circuit Deputy Solicitor Suzanne Mayes Nathaniel “Nate” Hunter, 34, was sentenced to 45 years following his conviction for a home invasion which involved the attempted rape of a six-year-old child and attempted murder of the child’s mother in Lexington County on April 13, 2014. The trial began on Monday in a Lexington […]

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Airport, Brookland-Cayce in baseball playoff games, Monday

Airport defeated Wren, 11-5, Saturday to stay alive in the S.C. High School League playoffs. Brookland-Cayce defeated Loris Saturday 14-4 Saturday. Both 4A Airport and 3A BC have one playoff loss and both travel and must win two games to win the district crown. Airport travels to play Eastside Monday. BC travels to play Bishop-England […]

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Girls on the Run take on Cayce

More than  1,000 came out for the Spring Girls on the Run 5k in Cayce Saturday morning. The event included 27 running teams from the Midlands. Most of them are students. The fitness even is held twice annually. Girls on the Run is an inspirational and noncompetitive event that starts at Cayce’s Historic Columbia Speedway. The GOTR 5k is part of […]

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Girls on the Run take on Cayce

More than  1,000 came out for the Spring Girls on the Run 5k in Cayce Saturday morning. The event included 27 running teams from the Midlands. Most of them are students. The fitness even is held twice annually. Girls on the Run is an inspirational and noncompetitive event that starts at Cayce’s Historic Columbia Speedway. The GOTR 5k is part of […]

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West Columbia Riverwalk at Moffatt Street now open

The City of West Columbia Riverwalk and Amphitheater is now open from the Moffatt Street entrance to before the Gervais Street bridge at the amphitheater. It was closed on Tuesday due to flooding.

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Lexington 1 sets new attendance lines for some schools

At the  monthly meeting of the Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees, Tuesday, the board approved new attendance lines for Meadow Glen Elementary, Midway Elementary and New Providence Elementary schools as well as new attendance lines for Lexington Middle and Meadow Glen Middle schools. The move was announced in a District One press […]

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