Halloween is over, election day is upon us and believe it or not, some are already preparing for the Christmas season. Amazon is looking to hire more than 1,300 seasonal employees in South Carolina, most of them at Amazon’s West Columbia fulfillment center at 4400 12th St. Ext., just outside […]

Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher has identified the individual who died in a motor vehicle accident that occurred at the junction of Interstate 77 Northbound and Interstate 26 Eastbound at approximately 3 a.m., Saturday. According to Fisher, Mr. Allen Ozoris Evans, 31, of Columbia was pronounced dead at the scene […]

Reagan Daniels- Joyner BCHS was crowned Brookland-Cayce’s homecoming queen, Friday night. She was introduced at the halftime of the Brookland-Cayce – Airport football game. The photos of Reagan and all of the Homecoming court were taken by Doreen Sizemore. In the football game, Brookland-Cayce defeated Airport 51-0.

There will be road closures and detours in Lexington on Sunday afternoon (Nov. 1) for the 18th Annual Lexington County Veterans Parade in downtown Lexington. The road closures and detours will begin at 1 p.m., said Lexington Police Chief Terrence Green. West Butler Street will be closed from Columbia Avenue […]

For the first time since the year 2000, Bill Bingham is not on the ballot for the Lexington County Two School board. He has no regrets. “I was able to do what I set out to do,” said Bingham. “We improved the image of the district.”  He said he feels […]

Halloween is Saturday. It’s an unusual year for trick-or-treat with a global pandemic impacting our activities. But cancelling Halloween activities could affect mental health, according to medical experts, especially for children already anxious over the pandemic. Airport High School in West Columbia conducted its annual recognition of Halloween with a […]

The 18th Annual Lexington County Veteran’s Parade is scheduled to take place Sunday (Nov. 1,) in Lexington along Main Street and South Lake Drive. The City of Columbia canceled its Veterans Day Parade because of COVID-19 fears. The parade will begin at 3 p.m. and will be Grand Marshaled by […]

Airport High School will be at Brookland-Cayce Friday night as the crosstown rivals resume their annual high school football series. The Bearcats defeated Airport, 24-20 in an exciting contest, in the junior varsity game played Wednesday night at BC. Tickets for Friday’s game are still on sale from 11 a.m. […]

Airport and Brookland-Cayce tangle at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the campus of Brookland-Cayce High School. It is BC’s homecoming game being played in a year that was shortened because of COVID-19. Brookland-Cayce’s Homecoming Parade moved down Knox-Abbott Drive, Wednesday and turned right onto State Street, in front of the school. […]

Early voting began in Lexington County. And in West Columbia, Tuesday, the line was long, according to Lainie Lewis. “Well I’m standing in line at the West Columbia Community Center to vote! And things seem to be moving,” posted Lewis, who owns State Street Trading Company. She said she eventually […]