Lake Murray Wins “Best Lake for Water Sports” in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards

The Capital City/Lake Murray Country Regional Tourism Board is thrilled to announce that Lake Murray has been named the No. 1 Best Lake for Water Sports by the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2025!

Lexington's Best 2025 red carpet event welcomed a full house, honored winners in over 300 categories

Lexington County's best businesses, organizations, non-profits, individuals and more were honored at the June 5 red carpet event at the beautiful Heron Hill  Event Venue in Gilbert.  …

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. ....

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Stay Here, Play Here: Lexington County events for the week of June 12

Scotty Hasting

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

Albert Robertson with the Lexington Elementary School nomination team, including LES Principal Patrick Burnett, and Educational Foundation Executive Director Julie Anderson Washburn.

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

Wakeman

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

Rows of nails, a security measure of old.

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 …

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86-year-old Lexington resident uses letters to honor S.C. history and tell his story

Clarendon native Russell Mellette shows his wife, Grace

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 …

Hailing from all over Lexington County, business leaders, professionals and locals gathered at Seawell’s in Columbia, S.C. on July 18 to celebrate many entities that make Lexington County as …
What’s old has become new again in presidential politics. And it’s been a mighty long wait, too. For the first time in nearly a century, there’s a candidate with facial hair on a …
Admittedly, it sounds like the start of a joke: “So a presidential assassin, a pioneering automaker and an Academy Award-winning actress walk into a bar…” But it’s not.  …
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Lexington local crowned 2024 Miss South Carolina Teen 

Lexington local, Mary Elle Marchant, was crowned 2024 Miss South Carolina Teen on June 29, 2024. In addition to winning her new title, Marchant was also awarded a $20,000 scholarship from the Miss South Carolina Organization. With 14 years of dance experience, she danced a routine to The Chorus Line’s opening hit, “I Hope I Get It,” for the talent portion of the competition.

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 …

FRIDAY, JUNE 20 Off The Dock Block Party Head over to Clark St. in Chapin for the Off The Dock Block Party event. This is Chapin’s signature summer block party, a lively event that features …
Lexington-Richland School District Five detected "unusual network activity" on June 3 that impacted operations, according to Superintendent Akil E. Ross at the June 9 board meeting...
At its latest board of trustees meeting, Lexington County School District Four board members unanimously approved to hire Harper General Contractors for the new transportation center.  In …
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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.

Parkland Plaza is gaining a couple of new tenants in its shopping center. The outparcel building in the plaza is being leased to Oak Street Health, a primary health care practice providing care for …
That familiar jingle of the highly anticipated ice cream truck on a summer afternoon ignites a feeling of excitement quite like no other. And while it's not exactly ice cream, Kona Ice strives to create similar memories one shaved ice at a time.
Rio Express Grill, located at 5594 Sunset Blvd. in Lexington is now open, offering a variety of Brazilian BBQ options for locals and visitors alike.
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Long-time Irmo basketball coach Tim Whipple to be inducted into NHSACA Hall of Fame

Former Irmo basketball coach Tim Whipple continues to add accolades, despite retiring from his position courtside one year ago. 

Pair of pitchers win Athlete of the Week as high school season ends

The 2024-25 high school sports season is over following the conclusion of the baseball and softball championships last week. 

Blowfish begin 2025 season, marking 20 years of baseball in the Midlands

The 20th anniversary season of Blowfish Baseball has begun as the team looks to make it back to the Coastal Plains playoffs and championship series for the third year in a row. 
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