Lexington-Richland School District Five has named veteran educator David Prigge, Sr. as its new Director of Career and Technical Education (CTE). The decision was approved at the district’s school board meeting on August 9. Prigge currently serves as a CTE program coordinator in Richland School District One. He has alsoContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named veteran educator Dr. Corey Willimon as its new Director of Secondary Education. The decision was approved at the district’s school board meeting on August 9. Willimon has served as the principal of Pickens High School since 2016. Prior to that he served as assistantContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named award-winning educator Anna Miller as its new Chief of Academics and Administration. The decision was approved at the district’s school board meeting on August 9. Miller has served as principal of Chapin Middle School since 2012, prior to that she served as assistant principalContinue Reading
Lexington-Richland School District Five has named Amanda Taylor the new Director of Communications for the district. Taylor was approved for the new post during a school board meeting on August 9. “I am thrilled and honored for the opportunity to serve as District Five’s Director of Communications,” Taylor said. “IContinue Reading
Veteran educator Stephanie Huckabee has been named the interim principal at Chapin Middle School. Huckabee replaces Anna Miller, who has been named School District Five’s Chief of Academics and Administration. Huckabee most recently served as the assistant principal of instruction at Chapin High School. She also served as the assistantContinue Reading
The South Carolina Philharmonic welcomes Chad Henderson as the new Marketing and Communications Director. The position, recently held by Kristin Morris, will be filled by the recent Executive Director of Trustus Theatre who resigned from Trustus on July 29, 2021. SC Philharmonic Executive Director Rhonda Hunsinger announced the hiring ofContinue Reading
Crooked Creek Art League (CCAL) is once again partnering with the Town of Chapin to create public art to beautify a public space. “The Arts Trail through Chapin” will be a highly visible multi-part public art display featuring a community scavenger hunt and auction culminating at the 2021 Chapin LaborContinue Reading
Lexington County deputies have arrested a man accused of shooting his wife to death at their Gaston home Saturday. The victim has been identified as Kia Riley, according to Lexington County Coroner Margaret Fisher. Alonzo James Riley, 33, is charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violentContinue Reading
Chief Terrence Green would like to update the community that the investigation at a daycare facility within the Town of Lexington, where children were found to have been assaulted by a caregiver, has continued and additional charges have been made. On the morning of July 12, 2021, an investigation beganContinue Reading
Haley Griggs, a District Five parent and Nurse Practitioner at South Carolina Internal Medicine’s Irmo office, has entered the Special Election for Lexington-Richland Five School Board. The election will take place in the Richland County portion of the district on October 12th from 7am-7pm. “The encouragement I’ve received from parents,Continue Reading
School District Five of Lexington & Richland Counties is requesting public input on the spending of federal funds received from the U.S. Department of Education through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ARP ESSER), signed into law on March 11. ARP ESSER provides aContinue Reading