Month: November 2022
Four South Carolina men have been charged in a shooting on a Lexington County road last month that left a person dead. Thirty-three-year-old Shane Andrzejewski of Lexington, 28-year-old Joshua Allen Dutton of Columbia, 38-year-old Casey Thomas Goodson of Chapin and 34-year-old William Douglas McGathen Simpson of Edgefield are each charged with one count of murder, […]
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A Columbia man faces multiple charges after deputies said he failed to stop for blue lights while driving a stolen car in Lexington Tuesday night. Charles Kenneth Meador, 38, is charged with failure to stop for blue lights, possession of a stolen vehicle, receiving stolen goods, reckless driving, and driving under suspension, according to detention […]
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Lexington County voters rejected a Capital Project Sales Tax. It would have imposed a one-percent sales and use tax, with the proceeds funding road repair, paving and bridge repair.The vote lost 45.35% (or 43,347 votes for) to 54.65% (or 52,245 votes) against. The SC Dept. of Revenue estimated that $536 million would have been collected […]
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Christina Rucker, incumbent, was re-elected to the Lexington School District Two Board Tuesday. She received 7,636 votes. Linda Alford-Wooten, also an incumbent, was re-elected with 7,341 votes. According to the SC Election Commission, Kevin Key received 6,164 votes to 6,158 for Chuck Hightower with 100 percent of all precincts reporting. The total changed overnight as […]
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For the second time this year a total lunar eclipse occurred, Tuesday morning. Known as the Blood Moon, the moon took on a red hue in the morning during the eclipse. It was visible from about 4-to-6 a.m. Tuesday. A lunar eclipse happens when the sun, Earth and moon align. During a full lunar eclipse, […]
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It’s Election Day in South Carolina and across the nation, Contests ranging from governor to education superintendent and even two state constitutional amendments. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Your local precinct is listed on your Voter ID card. If you are in line to vote at 7 p.m., you will be allowed […]
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Brookland-Cayce’s varsity football playoff game versus Dillon scheduled for Friday (Nov. 11) at Dillon has been rescheduled for Thursday (Nov. 10) at 7 p.m. at Dillon. The threat of bad weather was the reason for the change.
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Election Day is Tuesday (Nov. 8) but many votes have already been cast. More than 440,000 South Carolina voters have cast their votes early in the 2022 Midterm election. Around 50,000 absentee ballots have been returned to the SC election Commission, too. There are 3.3 million registered voters in South Carolina. Early voting ended Saturday. […]
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