Lydia Pettit has signed to play volleyball at the college level for Lees-McRae. Lydia is graduating from Brookland-Cayce High School and she is the daughter of Kevin and Jessica Pettit of West Columbia. She signed her college letter-of-intent at a ceremony with her parents and Coach Jerry Dorneker of Intense […]
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Brookland-Cayce’s Sara Corley signs a to play rugby with Newberry College
Senior Sara Corley signed a letter of intent to play rugby with Newberry College. She has been a member of the soccer team at Brookland-Cayce. Corley participated in a signing ceremony Monday at the school. Coaches, teammates, fellow students, and family members attended the event, which was held in the […]
Gray Collegiate is 1 win away from playing in state baseball finals
Gray Collegiate defeated Chesterfield, 9-6, Saturday in the state high school baseball playoffs.With the game tied at 1, the War Eagles scored five runs in the top of the third inning to go up 6-1. On Wednesday, Gray will play the winner of a Monday elimination game. The War Eagles […]
Airport picks up win Saturday in state baseball playoffs
Airport defeated James Island, 2-1, Saturday in 4A State Playoff Baseball.The Eagles’ John Allen Forrester hit a walk-off homerun for Airport for the margin of victory.Airport will play Hartsville in a winner’s bracket game Monday or Tuesday.
Woman, age 68, dies in Lexington County crash
Lexington County Coroner, Margaret Fisher, has identified the individual who died in a single vehicle accident in the 2300 block of Ridge Road in Leesville shortly after 6 p.m. on Saturday. According to Fisher, Ms. Janet Johnson Caulk, 68, of Wagener was traveling westbound on Ridge Road when the vehicle […]
Police looking for Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith, the third suspect in the Columbiana Center Mall shooting
Columbia Police Department investigators are searching for third suspect in connection to the Columbiana Center shooting that took place Saturday. Wanted is Amari Sincere-Jamal Smith. He Should be considered armed and dangerous, according a Columbia Police Department release. He is charged in warrants with nine counts of assault and battery […]
13 Lexington 2 middle school students named SC Junior Scholars
Thirteen Lexington Two middle school students have been named South Carolina Junior Scholars. The program, developed by the SC Department of Education, identifies eighth-graders with high scholastic achievement and intellectual ability through PSAT/NMSQT testing and other criteria, and sponsors special opportunities through South Carolina colleges and universities, as well as […]
Woodridge Funeral Home Obituaries
Obituary of Kristen Ann MorleyOBITUARY – Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley – Lexington – A Going Home service for Kristen Ann “Shnooxs” Morley, 33, of Lexington, will be held at 10:00 AM, Monday, March 7, 2022 at the Lakeside Gazebo at Woodridge Memorial Park, 138 Corley Mill Road, Lexington, SC 29072. […]