Lexington County Man Arrested on Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced the arrest of Jake Brady Ergle (age 38) of Batesburg-Leesville, S.C., on one charge connected to the sexual exploitation of minors. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department made the arrest. Investigators with the Attorney General’s […]
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Gray Collegiate Academy announces the opening of a satellite campus in Irmo for August 2025, taking applications now
Gray Collegiate Academy held a press conference, Thursday, to announce the opening of its new satellite campus in Irmo. The campus, located at 617 Koon Road, will initially serve 600 students in grades 6-10, and serve grades 6-12 at full matriculation. As a satellite campus, the Irmo location will exist […]
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Lexington 2 schools and offices will open on a two-hour delay, Friday
Lexington Two schools and offices will be open on Friday, January 24, on a two-hour delayed start. The delayed start will offer slightly warmer temperatures for safer road travel. While classes will start two hours later than the normal schedule, afternoon dismissal will be at the normal time. Students and […]
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City of West City Hall Reopens, Parks Opening, Sanitation Schedule Updated
The City of West Columbia City Hall will reopen to the public on Friday, Jan. 24, for regular business hours, following a closure due to hazardous weather and road conditions. The following delays in openings and service changes are: Service Updates Sanitation: All Thursday sanitation and recycling routes will run […]
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Sen. Nikki Setzler portrait unveiled, to hang in the South Carolina Senate Chamber
The portrait of Sen. Nikki Setzler was unveiled, Wednesday, in a ceremony in the Chamber of the South Carolina Senate. Setzler’s nine grandchildren unveiled the portrait that will hang on the upper wall of the three-story room. “I absolutely loved serving in the South Carolina Senate,” said Setzler, who served […]
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Lexington County operations on a delay, Thursday, West Columbia services altered, and Cayce City Hall will open at 10:30 a.m.
All Lexington county administrative offices will operate on a two-hour delay on Thursday, January 23, 2025, due to winter weather and hazardous roadways. The following offices are expected to open at 10:00 a.m.: • County Libraries • County Judicial Facilities • Lexington County Recreations and Aging Commission Offices and Activities […]
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Lexington 2 and Lexington 1 schools will be on an eLearning day Thursday
Lexington Two schools will be on an eLearning day Thursday, January 23. Lingering snow and ice is expected to refreeze tonight and into the early morning hours Thursday, creating unsafe travel conditions, particularly on neighborhood and secondary roads. Right now, the weather forecast does not call for temperatures to get […]
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Snow covers Lexington County, West Columbia closes parks, Cayce issues icy roads report
The snow began to fall around 3 Tuesday afternoon. Lexington County got at least an inch of snow, and some areas got more than that. Snow totals were up to 2 inches on cars, and yards were covered. From the National Weather Service – Columbia: “The last lingering snow showers […]
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Snowfall in Lexington County could be 2-to-3 inches, according to 1:30 p.m. report from the National Weather Service
The National Weather Service in Columbia revised its forecast at 1:30 p.m., Tuesday. The snow started coming down in parts of Lexington County around 3 p.m. and was sticking to cars, but not much was sticking to the ground, despite below freezing temperatures. The latest prediction is for 2-to-3 inches […]
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Lexington 2 schools move to an eLearning day for Wednesday
With forecasts calling for potential winter weather and snow beginning Tuesday late afternoon/early evening and continuing overnight, Lexington Two schools will move to an eLearning day on Wednesday, January 22. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled both today (January 21), as previously announced, and Wednesday, including athletic events, extracurricular […]
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