The Lexington County Chronicle

07/09/2025

📰 Tomorrow’s front page 📰 Inside: Cayce Cool Down, Lexington County candidate filing, Fourth of July photos from area events, Athletes of the Year announced, youth baseball, Phil Savitz honored for contributions to area sports, and so much more!

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07/09/2025

🍑🎆 Gilbert lit up for the 65th Lexington County Peach Festival—patriotism, peaches and plenty of surprises! 🎶✈️ Want to see what made this year extra sweet? 👀

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07/09/2025

The Cayce Events Committee is hosting a free foam party for locals. The event is on July 26 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Granby Gardens Park, located at 1800 12th St.

The Cayce Events Committee is hosting a free foam party for locals. The event is on July 26 from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Granby Gardens Park, located at 1800 12th St. Inflatable water …

07/09/2025

Jeff Kersey, pastor emeritus at Mt. Horeb Church, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by Lexington County Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoun.

“Jeff as a community leader has provided community service and outreach here at Mt. Horeb and beyond these walls. He has demonstrated great compassion for the community,” Calhoun said.

Read the full story from Sophia Sousa

Jeff Kersey, pastor emeritus at Mt. Horeb Church, was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by Lexington County Rep. Paula Rawl Calhoun.  “Jeff as a community leader has provided …

07/08/2025

The South Carolina Ethics Commission penalized a Midlands mayor who gets a per diem by serving on Lexington County’s largest water supplier, a role and reimbursement many other Midlands mayors (and other kinds of public officials) also have but haven’t faced repercussions for.

Batesburg-Leesville Mayor Lancer Shull has appealed the decision, saying he was advocating for his rural town’s water needs just as all the other mayors and council members sitting on such commissions do, which made him wonder if he’s a scapegoat for the ethics commission’s problem with the water commission’s per diem.

What brought his name to the ethics commission in the first place, the two-term mayor said, was drama among his own council.

So, a perfect storm has ensued, prompted by the state’s definition of economic interest, a nearly century-old water plant and a longtime councilman’s opinion that the loss of an old water plant means loss of control. Shull worries that other Lexington County mayor/councilmember-water commissioners might now be less likely to advocate for their residents’ water needs and bills since one of their own was fined because of the same per diem they’re getting.

Read the full story from Bryn Eddy and Sophia Sousa on our website. Link in comments.

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07/08/2025

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07/08/2025

Connor Jakob Skipper, 27, of Columbia, was positively identified by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher as the individual who died in a motorcycle accident on July 4.

The accident occurred at approximately 11:35 p.m. in the 100 block of White Falls Circle near the Irmo area.

Read the full story from Sophia Sousa

Connor Jakob Skipper, 27, of Columbia, was positively identified by Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher as the individual who died in a motorcycle accident on July 4. The accident occurred …

07/08/2025

From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, Lexington County locals who want to see their own names on the ballot this November can file for candidacy.

Election day is Nov. 4, and early voting is from Monday, Oct. 20, to Friday, Oct. 31, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lexington County Voter Registration and Election Office, located at 605 West Main Street, Ste. C, in Lexington.

Read the full story from Bryn Eddy

From Aug. 1 to Aug. 15, Lexington County locals who want to see their own names on the ballot this November can file for candidacy. Election day is Nov. 4, and early voting is from Monday, Oct. …

07/07/2025

📣 Congrats to A-1 Bonding Company for winning best bail bond company in Lexington's Best 2025!

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07/07/2025

After serving as Lexington County School District One superintendent for three years, marking over 50 years in public education, Gerrita Postlewait retired June 30.

Originally from West Virginia, Postlewait received her bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees from West Virginia University. She first became a superintendent during the 1985-86 school year.

Read the full story from Sophia Sousa

After serving as Lexington County School District One superintendent for three years, marking over 50 years in public education, Geritta Postlewait retired June 30... …

07/07/2025

A manufacturing facility in Batesburg-Leesville is closing, leaving 112 people unemployed, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) letter submitted to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce on June 27.

IG Design Group Americas Inc. and Lion Ribbon Company LLC announced the closure of the facility located at 832 Summerland Ave., citing “business needs” as the reason for the decision.

Read the full story from Sophia Sousa

A manufacturing facility in Batesburg-Leesville is closing, leaving 112 people unemployed, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notifications (WARN) letter submitted to the South Carolina …

07/07/2025

On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours.

He filled one pocket with things you’d expect: a ring of keys, a compass, a daybook he used for a dairy, even a whistle in case he got lost in the woods. In the other, he placed a knife and a single-shot Derringer pistol.

Read the full story from J. Mark Powell

On Good Friday, 1865, a man entered his room in Washington’s National Hotel. He’d be leaving on a one-way trip in a few hours. He filled one pocket with things you’d expect: a …