Month: November 2024
Russell Ott, a Democrat, defeated Republican Jason Guerry 50.29 percent to 49.57 percent for the SC Senate Dist. 26 Seat that was held by Sen. Nikki Setzler, according to the SC Election Commission. The top four vote recipients for the Lexington 2 School Board were: Craig Aull; Abbott Tre Bray; Mary Burkett; and Liz Chitty […]
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Former President Donald Trump was projected to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris and return to the White House, according to election analysists at CNN. Click here to see Lexington County election results CNN projected Trump as the winner, way after midnight, when he was projected to win the battleground state of Wisconsin, which gave Trump […]
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Cayce City Council presented a resolution in honor of Sen. Nikki Setzler at its council meeting, Tuesday. Setzler, who did not run for re-election in 2024, ended 48 years of service as a state senator. He represented Cayce and West Columbia and a swath of Lexington County. Setzler was presented the resolution thanking him for […]
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Cayce City Council presented a resolution in honor of Lexington County Councilwoman Debbie Summers, who is leaving county council in 2024. Summers, of Council District 4, represented Springdale, parts of Cayce, parts of Lexington, and parts of Oak Grove. Summers served on Lexington County Council for 18 years and five terms. Summers was presented the […]
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Herbert Blake who was introduced at Cayce’s new police chief in late October, was sworn in Tuesday at the Cayce City Council meeting. Cayce Elise Partin read the oath of office to Blake. Blake was surrounded by his family as he was being sworn in. He said he is very excited to be Cayce’s new […]
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Standard time returned in West Columbia on Sunday at 2 a.m. When we turned our clocks back an hour, daylight savings time ended. The time change can be discombobulating. You may have had to update the clocks in your home and readjust your internal clock for bedtime and waking in the morning to get used […]
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Lexington County area veterans are invited to recognition events at Lexington Two schools for Veterans Day. The district, too, will host a free concert for the public at 6 p.m. November 11 at the Lexington Two Performing Arts Center, featuring Fort Jackson’s 282D Army Band. Following is a sampling of programs; contact schools for additional […]
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announces that a Lexington County man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trafficking cocaine in Kershaw County. On October 31, Walter Goad was found guilty of trafficking more than 200 grams of cocaine in Kershaw County. In August of 2016, agents started investigating a suspected cocaine […]
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