It’s like going from Noah’s Ark to the USS Enterprise. That’s how David Rush described the technology blitz incorporated into House of Raeford’s new hatchery, just outside of Batesburg-Leesville, on Columbia Highway, in Monetta. Rush is the Assistant Complex Manager for House of Raeford, Columbia. The new facility is upfitted […]

Ben Williams of West Columbia recently graduated from South Carolina Connections Academy, a tuition-free virtual public school that serves students in grades K-12 statewide. S.C. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) honored Ben Williams and two others with a Congressional record for their speeches at Capitol Day. There are three other Connections […]

Wayne M. Grooms, 71, of West Columbia, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake, Sunday afternoon. Grooms was a commissioner with the Lexington Soil and Water Conservation District. A report about his death was posted on his Facebook account, Monday. Clarendon County Deputy Coroner Bucky Mock said Grooms  was visiting Santee […]

Work is progressing at the site of the new Lexington 2 elementary school on Bulldog Boulevard in Cayce. Ground was broken for the school on April 18. The new campus off the 12th Street Extension will house Taylor Elementary School and Davis Early Childhood Center for Technology. Cost estimates for […]

Tuesday (June 14) is Primary Day in Lexington County. There are lots of contested races, some with several candidates. If there are runoff elections, those would be held June 28. The General Election is Nov. 8. Below is a list of candidates. Democrat or other party affiliations are denoted. All […]

The City of West Columbia held the second of two public information meetings regarding a 2% Hospitality Tax, Monday. Brian Carter, City Administrator, said many requests have been made to council for special projects, and a Hospitality Tax (H-Tax) – on prepared foods- could fund some of those requests, if […]

Release from Rhonda Robinson- 11th Circuit Solicitor’s Office ALABAMA MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER, BURGLARY AND POSSESSION OF A WEAPON After a four day trial, a Lexington County jury returned guilty verdicts in a murder case. Justin Antonio Butler, AKA Jona McCoy, 24, of Muscle Shoals, Ala., was convicted […]

Donate ’til June 15.  A mission to help children in Guatemala needs boys and girls clothes. The Guatemala 2016 Mission Team – of Cayce’s Holland Avenue Baptist Church- is collecting clothing – sizes adult medium and smaller. Also needed are shoes for boys and girls sizes 9-little kids to adult size […]

The Lexington 2 School Board of Trustees will conduct its Regular Monthly Meeting on Thursday (June 16) at 7 p.m. in the Board Room of the District Education Center, 715 Ninth Street, West Columbia. The proposed Agenda includes Second Reading of the 2016/17 Proposed General Fund Budget; consideration of the […]