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Joy Ellen Knotts, 40, has been charged with breach of trust with fraudulent intent, value more than $2,000 but less than $10,000, according to a news release from the State Law Enforcement Division. The incident happened over a six-year period while she worked at Claude A Taylor Elementary School in Cayce, said SLED. Knotts is […]
Read More >>There will be a runoff election for South Carolina House Seat 69. The seat was left vacant when Rick Quinn resigned. Chris Wooten and Anne Marie Eckstorm Green were the top two Republican receiving votes in Tuesday’s GOP primary. There will be a special election between them on March 13. Wooten got more than 42 […]
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State Sen. Nikki Setzler of West Columbia received the Clemson Board of Visitors Legislative Leadership Award, Tuesday. “I’m honored and humbled to receive this leadership award,” Setzler said of being chosen. He said he works every day as a legislator to help make public education and higher education better. “I appreciate the people who support […]
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Crowds came out Tuesday night for Taste on the River. It was a fundraiser for the West Columbia Beautification Foundation at Stone River. Some mingled in the main hall, but others stood under the stars beside the shimmering Congaree River that held the reflection of the light of the Columbia skyline. “The event helped showcase […]
Read More >>A Gaston man is charged with attempted murder after deputies said he pointed a weapon at his mother and rammed a car into the front of his parents’ Red Bank home Feb. 15. Joshua Aaron Driggers, 21, is also charged with pointing and presenting, first degree assault and battery and malicious injury to private property, […]
Read More >>Five candidates are vying to be the nominee in Tuesday’s GOP primary to represent District 69 them in the S.C. House of Representatives. The Lexington County seat was vacated in December. Former House Majority Leader Rep. Rick Quinn resigned and pleaded guilty to misconduct in office. The candidates running to replace Quinn are: attorney and former legislative […]
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Former Airport High School Assistant Principal Dawn Dimmler has been granted a $30,000 personal recognizance bond. She will not have to post bond unless she fails to show up in court. The bond hearing was held at the Lexington County Law Enforcement Complex Monday. She is scheduled for a court hearing at 9 a.m., April […]
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Former Airport High School assistant principal Dawn Diimmler is in the Lexington County Detention Center. She will go before a judge for a bond hearing at 10 a.m. Monday. Diimmler has been accused of an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student. She was terminated from her job by Lexington School District Two, two-and-a-half weeks ago. […]
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