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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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

By Wilson Ward – 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 […]

Large mixed-use development named Sandpiper Square planned for downtown Lexington

A large dynamic, mixed-use development named Sandpiper Square is coming to downtown Lexington.Purty Property Co., with Montgomery Construction and the Flight Deck Restaurant in Lexington announced the project, Thursday, via Facebook post. It would be at Old Chapin Road and Snelgrove Road, behind the Shoppes at Flight Deck. Purty Property […]

Brookland-Cayce defeats Dreher in the high school baseball playoffs

Brookland-Cayce exploded in the fifth inning Thursday night at home and took an 8-1 win over Dreher in the Lower State baseball playoffs. With the win, Brookland-Cayce will host the winner of the Beaufort-Hanahan game on Saturday. Ty Marshall and Jackson Thomas had singles for BC in the bottom of the fifth and Jaxon Corley loaded […]