The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT), in conjunction with our partners at DPS, SLED, DNR, and National Guard, plans to remove the lane reversal on I-26 tomorrow morning, Friday, October 7, 2016. The process for returning I-26 to normal operations will begin by law enforcement stopping traffic from entering […]

South Carolina and Georgia will play on Sunday – instead of Saturday- at Williams-Brice Stadium. The day change was announced Thursday night. Game time and TV information has not been announced. The game is being changed because of Hurricane Matthew heading toward the state. The latest forecast track from the National […]

County of Lexington advises dam, private reservoir and pond owners to begin lowering water levels The Lexington County Department of Public Safety is advising owners of private dams, reservoirs and ponds to begin lowering the water levels of their bodies of water ahead of Hurricane Matthew, which could bring heavy […]

Hurricane Matthew could result in about two inches of rain and gusty winds for Lexington County, Saturday. While Lexington County should fare well through the storm, according to National Weather Service forecasts, the state’s Lowcountry, specifically Beaufort and Charleston counties could get as much as 12 inches of rain, with wind […]

Gray Collegiate Academy of West Columbia is scheduled to play Sunrise Christian out of Wichita on Dec. 3 in Fifth Annual Chicago Elite Classic (CEC.) The tournament will be held on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3, at the University of Illinois-Chicago Pavilion. It features 22 of the top […]

People needed help, so a group of Lexington 2 School Bus Drivers answered the call. With Hurricane Matthew evacuations initiated in Charleston, the Lexington 2 Bus Drivers volunteered to help transport evacuees from Charleston to Greenville, or anywhere else they needed to go to find safety. Cliff Jones, Lexington 2 […]

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis kicked off a gathering today of state and local government leaders, higher education administrators and bankers to discuss cyber security threats to the public and private sectors. Treasurer Loftis – who lives in West Columbia – delivered opening remarks at the Cyber Security Summit along […]

Shelter to open at White Knoll High School at 3 p.m. and list of pet-friendly hotels The County of Lexington announces that a shelter will open at White Knoll High School, which is the first of several shelters the County has designated, to support evacuees from coastal counties. White Knoll […]