Lake Murray Wins “Best Lake for Water Sports” in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards
Lexington's Best 2025 red carpet event welcomed a full house, honored winners in over 300 categories
Lexington County Republican state representative indicted in child sexual abuse material distribution case
Republican state Rep. Robert John “R.J.” May III, who represents South Carolina’s 88th District in Lexington County, was recently indicted on 10 counts of distributing sexual abuse …
Mike Ward wins Irmo council seat following special election
Mike Ward has won a seat on the Irmo Town Council after earning 333 votes, or 57% of ballots cast on Tuesday, June 3, across both Lexington and Richland Counties; the Town of Irmo resides in parts of both. ....
Stay Here, Play Here: Lexington County events for the week of June 12
FRIDAY, JUNE 13 Heroes Singer-Songwriter Showcase featuring Scotty Hasting (concert) The Icehouse Amphitheater (107 W. Main St.) and The Big Red Barn Retreat host a patriotic concert this Friday …
Lexington-Richland 5 receives additional $75K to fund after-school program
Lexington-Richland County School District Five recently received an additional $75,000 through the Stronger Connections Grant. The Stronger Connections Grant’s purpose is to provide …
Lexington 1 Educational Foundation honors 2025 Administrator of the Year
Last month, the Lexington One Educational Foundation honored Albert Hamilton Robertson with the 2025 Joseph M. Bedenbaugh Administrator of the Year award during a board of trustees meeting. …
Mental Health Matters: Assertive Community Treatment
The history of psychiatric treatment is a grim one, filled with incidents of abuse and individuals held for years against their will. Before the advent of psychiatric hospitals, where there was a …
HOLY COW! HISTORY: A soldier’s big secret
At first glance, there was nothing unusual about Private Lyons Wakeman. The service record in the National Archives reads the same as countless other Civil War soldiers. Age: 21 Height: 5 …
Nailing down a mystery
Old doors rife with nails. Rows and rows of nails. Studs. Like handsome lads, all in a row. All in precise order. I’ve come across two such doors. Brenda N. Bancroft, historian and …
USC Board of Trustees approves phase two of the Williams-Brice Stadium plan.
86-year-old Lexington resident uses letters to honor S.C. history and tell his story
There is a signed baseball displayed in a curio case with oak framing and glass windows. It sits behind a name plate, oak, too, with the name Russell D. Mellette engraved with black lettering on …
Lexington local crowned 2024 Miss South Carolina Teen
Lexington native, Mary Elle Marchant, 18, was crowned 2024 Miss South Carolina Teen on June 29, 2024. The daughter of Andy and Rhonda, Marchant is a recent graduate of River Bluff High School’s …
Warm weather did not stop residents from visiting the Market at Icehouse
Throughout the past few weeks, Lexington County has started experiencing the hot and humid summers we’re known for, but the outside activities continue to prosper. This past Saturday, the Icehouse Amphitheater held its weekly Market at Icehouse.
Long-time Irmo basketball coach Tim Whipple to be inducted into NHSACA Hall of Fame
Pair of pitchers win Athlete of the Week as high school season ends
Blowfish begin 2025 season, marking 20 years of baseball in the Midlands
