It’s time to start the 2016-17 budget process, so the City of West Columbia held a planning session, Feb. 20. “It was a retreat,” said Mayor Bobby Horton, but it was at the West Columbia City Hall. “We did not incur the expense of going out of town.” Horton said […]

West Columbia City Council to hold its Regular Council Meeting March 1, at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 200 N. 12th Street West Columbia. Part of the agenda: PRESENTATIONS AND RECOGNITIONS 6.1. Recognition of Employees for Years of Service Service_pin_list_2016 4 6.2. Recognition of the Police Department Patrol Officer of […]

Cayce City Council will meet at 6 p.m. at the Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center, 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Tuesday for its regular council meeting. Council’s agenda items include: Three proclamations; Awarding of contract for upgrade to Cayce Public Safety’s Electrical System; City Manager Rebecca Vane’s report to council; and […]

56 STUDENTS INDUCTED INTO LEXINGTON TWO’S MYRDIS WALKER SCHOLARS PROGRAM Fifty-six (56) Lexington District Two students were inducted into the Myrdis Walker Scholars program as 2016 Scholars on February 11 at the Brookland-Cayce High School auditorium. Busbee Creative Arts Academy: Christina Brown, Emanuel Brown, Matias Isaac, Sierra McKnight, Dai Jaun Richardson and Justin Smith; R. H. Fulmer Middle:  Shamyah Biddle, India Candelario, Shannon Davis, Marcus Gadsden, […]

The office of mayor is open in South Congaree, and so are three council seats. Filing to run for office in South Congaree closed on Feb. 5. The town will hold its election on April 5, according to Dean Crepes of the Lexington County Voter Registration office. Councilman and Mayor […]

Hillary Clinton was the big winner in Lexington County’s presidential primary for Democrats, Saturday. In Lexington County, Clinton got 61 percent of the vote. That amounted to 8,810 of the votes cast. Bernie Sanders got 39 percent of the vote or 5,584 ballots cast in his favor. There are 167,746 […]

Jenny Cunningham, West Columbia City Administrator who is retiring March 1, was honored Friday morning. Sen. Nikki Setzler, right, and Rep. Kenny Bingham presented Cunningham with a Resolution from the S.C. Senate and House commending her for her 37 years of service. The presentation was made at the West Columbia […]

Nino Chambers was recognized for starting his own business, by the Lexington 2 School Board Thursday night. Nino, a Brookland-Cayce High School junior,  handcrafts bow ties and bow tie key chains and sells them on a website.

In January, the Lexington School District 2 Board agreed to allow for staff to investigate the possibility of remodeling two schools. One of the schools that could be considered for transformation to a K-through-2 school is Saluda River Academy for the Arts (SRAA.) The other is Pineview Elementary. At Thursdays’s […]

Areli Pena, a Brookland-Cayce High School student, was recognized by the Lexington School District 2 School Board Thursday. She won best in show and a first-place award in the SC Department of Natural Resources Art Contest. Areli is pictured with Dr. Bill James, Lexington 2 Superintendent.