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In-person school canceled Friday for Lexington 2 Schools

With the potential for higher sustained winds and wind gusts associated with Tropical Storm Nicole, and in an abundance of caution, Lexington Two schools will move to an eLearning day on Friday, November 11. All after-school activities, programs and athletic events that were scheduled for Friday are canceled or will […]

Veteran’s Day is Friday, lots of events in West Columbia to honor our veterans, especially in our schools

Friday is Veteran’s Day and there are lots of local activities scheduled to honor those who have served in our military. In 1919, November 11 was proclaimed as the first commemoration to honor the soldiers who fought in World War I. The day was originally known as Armistice Day. Nov. […]

Brookland-Cayce baseball player Ty Marshall signs to play at Clemson

Brookland-Cayce High School baseball player Ty Marshall has committed to play his sport at the collegiate level. Marshall participated in a signing ceremony at the school Wednesday, declaring his intent to play with Clemson University. His coaches past and present, along with teammates, family members, faculty and staff, and others, […]

4 motorcycle group members charged in deadly shooting

Four South Carolina men have been charged in a shooting on a Lexington County road last month that left a person dead. Thirty-three-year-old Shane Andrzejewski of Lexington, 28-year-old Joshua Allen Dutton of Columbia, 38-year-old Casey Thomas Goodson of Chapin and 34-year-old William Douglas McGathen Simpson of Edgefield are each charged […]

Columbia man charged in Lexington County with driving stolen car

A Columbia man faces multiple charges after deputies said he failed to stop for blue lights while driving a stolen car in Lexington Tuesday night. Charles Kenneth Meador, 38, is charged with failure to stop for blue lights, possession of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen goods, reckless driving, and driving […]

Lexington County voters reject 1-cent sales tax for road improvement

Lexington County voters rejected a Capital Project Sales Tax. It would have imposed a one-percent sales and use tax, with the proceeds funding road repair, paving and bridge repair.The vote lost 45.35% (or 43,347 votes for) to 54.65% (or 52,245 votes) against. The SC Dept. of Revenue estimated that $536 […]

Kevin Key finishes 6 votes up in Lexington School District 2 race, Rucker, Wooten win re-election

Christina Rucker, incumbent, was re-elected to the Lexington School District Two Board Tuesday. She received 7,636 votes. Linda Alford-Wooten, also an incumbent, was re-elected with 7,341 votes. According to the SC Election Commission, Kevin Key received 6,164 votes to 6,158 for Chuck Hightower with 100 percent of all precincts reporting. […]

Lunar eclipse occurs in Lexington County on Election Day

For the second time this year a total lunar eclipse occurred, Tuesday morning. Known as the Blood Moon, the moon took on a red hue in the morning during the eclipse. It was visible from about 4-to-6 a.m. Tuesday. A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon align. […]