Collins won the June Republican primary for the District 3 seat.
District 1 incumbent James E. "Jim" Kinard is running to keep his seat.
Town council is looking at allowing residents to raise chickens closer to their homes in residential areas.
Leaders expect the baseball and softball tournament to bring thousands of visitors to the area and generate millions of dollars.
Town council approved first readings of ordinances to purchase one piece of property and to annex two others.
Despite predictions from the Center for American Progress, the Columbia Metropolitan won't be forced to close even if the Federal Aviation Administration faces budget cuts.
A total of four people in South Carolina have tested positive for West Nile virus this year, DHEC officials say.
The museum, located on Hampton Street, is open to the public on the first Sunday of each month.
Randy Halfacre, president of the Lexington Chamber, was presented with the award by the Carolinas Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives.
Town leaders are now planning an 8.9-acre dog park on Hendrix Street instead of using a 2-acre piece of an existing park for the project.
The smokestack will come down when SCE&G retires the coal-fired electrical plant underneath it in a few years.
Council will discuss the open space and landscape ordinance and the construction of a garage at the Fire Training Center Tuesday.
Our Red Palmetto survey of influential South Carolina conservatives finds Florida Sen. Marco Rubio the best option.
A new sales tax for road improvements in Lexington County could make it on the ballot by 2014.
The candidates are hoping to get their names on the November ballot after being kicked off the June primary ballot.
S.C. Senate District 23 candidate Katrina Shealy turned in signatures to the election commission Wednesday in an effort to get on the November ballot as a petition candidate.
Town council annexed properties and voted on a sign ordinance at their regular meeting Tuesday.
Town workers will work on three intersections during the night this week starting Tuesday.
Just weeks after the death of three S.C. guardsmen in Afghanistan, about 500 S.C. guardsmen are being deployed to Kosovo.
The 36-year-old Lexington High School graduate was killed June 20 in Afghanistan.
First Lt. Ryan Rawl and Sgt. John David Meador are mourned by friends and family on Saturday morning, and Westboro Baptist Church threatens to protest.
An ethics committee cleared Haley of all charges of ethics violations Friday, but will the digging into Haley's past stop?
Gov. Nikki Haley told the House Ethics Committee Thursday that GOP activist John Rainey was a "racist, sexist bigot."
The hate group, which has made a name for itself by celebrating the deaths of American soldiers, posted plans to protest the funeral services of 1st Lt. Ryan Rawl and Spc. John D. Meador II.
The committee is looking into allegations that Gov. Nikki Haley illegally lobbied for her employers while she was a representative in the House.
The state's new budget is supposed to begin July 1, but lawmakers can't reach an agreement about tax relief for business owners.
In our inaugural Blue Palmetto survey, 80 percent of influential Democrats say the recent work at the S.C. State House was "very disappointing."
Lexington High School graduate Spc. John David Meador II, 36, of Columbia was among three soldiers killed in Khost City, Khost Province, Afghanistan, when his patrol was attacked by a suicide bomber.
In the races for Lexington County Treasurer and Register of Deeds, the incumbents prevail.
Despite questions of age and fitness for office, GOP incumbent Harry Harman vanquishes Frank Barron III.
Voters re-elected council District 6 incumbent Johnny Jeffcoat in Tuesday's primary election.
Two Supreme Court rulings knocked more than a dozen Lexington County candidates off the primary ballot, but the candidates are collecting petition signatures to get on the November ballot.
The candidates, incumbents and issues that will be affecting Lexington and Lexington County.
Polls opened at 7 a.m. on a rainy Tuesday.
A judge ruled that Jim Wiszowaty is back on the ballot after GOP leaders booted him off over the weekend.
Need to know where to vote Tuesday? Check this list of polling locations.
GOP incumbent Debra Gunter faces a rare electoral challenge in her bid to retain her position as Register of Deeds.
Gregory poses rare challenge to incumbent Register of Deeds Debra Gunter in GOP primary.
Former head of the Lexington County GOP joins two others in a battle to unseat incumbent Sen. Ronnie Cromer.
GOP challenger from Ballentine joins two others in a bid to unseat Sen. Ronnie Cromer.