Month: June 2024

Jonathan Wilburn selected as the new principal at Fulmer Middle School

A familiar face has been selected as the new leader at Fulmer Middle School for the 2024-2025 school year. Jonathan Wilburn, who currently serves as assistant principal, has been selected as Fulmer’s new principal. His hiring was recommended by Superintendent Dr. Brenda Hafner and approved by the Board of Trustees at its June 20 meeting. […]

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Allison Jackson selected as new assistant principal at Wood Elementary School

The Lexington Two Board of Trustees approved the hiring of Allison Jackson as an assistant principal at Wood Elementary School at its June 20 meeting. Jackson comes to Lexington Two after serving as assistant administrative principal at Lexington-Richland 5’s Piney Woods Elementary School, a role she began in July 2023. Prior to that, Jackson worked […]

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Chris Smith vs Jason Guerry GOP Primary run-off vote for State Senate Seat 26 is Tuesday, Sen. Katrina Shealy faces Carlisle Kennedy in Senate Seat 23 run-off

The run-off to determine the Republican nominee for State Senate Seat 26 is Tuesday (June 25.) In the June 11, GOP primary, Chris Smith received 38% of the vote and Jason Guerry received 35%. Billy Oswald got 26%. Senate Dist. 26 is the seat that has been held by Sen. Nikki Setzler, who did not […]

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Oak Street Health, part of CVS Health, leases space in Cayce’s Parkland Plaza

 Colliers South Carolina’s Rox Pollard, Danny Bonds and John Gressette represented Parkland Associates in the lease of ±10,865 square feet of retail space at Parkland Plaza to Oak Street Health. Founded in 2012, Oak Street Health, part of CVS Health, offers primary health care for seniors with over 200 locations nationwide.  “Oak Street Health will offer […]

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Prosperity man charged in shooting death of SLED K-9

Lexington County deputies have arrested a Prosperity man accused of fatally shooting a police dog last week when Newberry County deputies and State Law Enforcement Division agents tried to arrest him. James Robert Peterson, 37, is charged with cruelty to a police dog, breach of peace, possession of a weapon by a person convicted of […]

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Lexington Woman Sentenced to 14 Months in Federal Prison for Wire Fraud

 Keisha Carroll Banks, 52, of Lexington was sentenced to 14 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud. Evidence presented to the court showed that Banks was an employee of Ridgeway Manor Health Care in Ridgeway. In her role, she was able to access money in an account of Ridgeway Manor that included […]

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5 men arrested and charged in connection to weekend Lexington County shooting

Lexington County deputies have arrested and charged five Leesville men accused of shooting toward a car and a house Saturday night in Pelion. Austin Michael Easterling (top left), 27, Brendon Charles Ray Parcell (top right), 20, Garvin Lee Parcell III (bottom left), 24, Damon Smith (middle), 21, and Keeley Edward Smith (bottom right), 23, are […]

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See the vendors list for Thursday’s Meeting Street Artisan Market

Meeting Street Artisan Market Vendor announcement for Meeting Street Artisan Market Summer Series market No. 3, Thursday, June 20, from 4-8 PM. FANTASTIC vendors coming your way. Summer Series Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/YA7S4H6B7JWJEBDw/ Vendors 22 Memory Lane LLC Alley & Loop Art from the Hollow Aurora Meadows Farm & Floristry Baked Joyfully Baubles and Glass craiggumbochurn Creations […]

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