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Fire damages home in Lexington

The Lexington County Fire Service responded to reports of a residential structure fire around 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon in the 300 block of Montrose Drive in Lexington. When crews arrived they found a home with flames and smoke coming from the exterior and roof of the home. The fire was quickly brought under control. Two […]

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Gray and Brookland-Cayce win in high school baseball playoffs

Gray Collegiate Academy beat Pelion, 9-2, Monday in the SC High School Leagues baseball Upper State playoffs. The game was played at the Midlands Sports Complex in Pine Ridge.The two teams were competing to move to the State Championship series. Brookland-Cayce defeated Beaufort, Monday, 5-4, in the Lower State State playoffs. Chris Bullis, and eight-grader […]

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Teen dies after moped hits a tree, Lexington County Coroner identifies victim

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in amoped accident in the 100 block of Windsor Park Drive in the Lexington area of LexingtonCounty shortly before 8:30 P.M. on May 13, 2023.According to Fisher, Mr. Roan Aiden Palmer, 17, of Lexington was driving themoped on Windsor Park Drive when he lost […]

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Lexington County Coroner identifies man who died in vehicle crash on Saturday

Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in asingle-vehicle collision in the 400 block of Gardner’s Terrace Road in the West Columbiaarea of Lexington County at approximately 12:58 a.m. Saturday According to Fisher, Mr. Marvin James Gilpatrick Jr., 60, of Gaston was travelingsouthbound on Gardner’s Terrace Road when his vehicle traveled […]

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5 Brookland-Cayce High School students will be attending Palmetto Girls State and Boys State 

Five Brookland-Cayce High School students will be attending Girls State and Boys State in June. Pictured left to right:  Emma Brant, Kenlee Ann Cassella, and Zoe Partin Pictured left to right: Preston Hook and John Allen Mower. The American Legion’s Boys State program is a unique way for young men to learn about the American system of government and politics by […]

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1 person is dead after moped crash in Lexington, Saturday

One person died Saturday in a moped crash near Lexington, according to Master Trooper Mitchell Ridgeway of the SC Highway Patrol. The moped was heading west on Windsor Park Drive near Old Cherokee Road, about a mile north of Lexington, around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. The driver lost control, veered off the road to the right […]

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Gray falls just short in quest for State Championship in high school soccer

Oceanside Collegiate Academy defeated Gray Collegiate Academy, 2-0, in the 2A State Championship high school soccer final, Saturday. The game was played at Irmo High School.  Gray Coach Kevin Heise described nationally-ranked Oceanside as powerful. “They are arguably the best soccer team of all classifications in South Carolina,” Heise said. “We knew we had to […]

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Brookland-Cayce loses first playoff game, plays again Monday

Brookland-Cayce suffered its first playoff loss, Saturday. It was a 4-3 loss to Hanahan. The Bearcats will play again Monday, at 6 p.m., versus Beaufort, in the double-elimination tournament. Tanner Staton and Hayden Thomas homered in the bottom of the last inning, Saturday, but it was not quite enough.

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