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Runoff election between Wooten, Green for SC House Seat 69

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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Woman accused of taking money from Taylor Elementary’s PTO Fund

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 […]

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Lexington County man arrested on child pornography charges

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced, Tuesday, the arrest of Albert Lee Spivey, 27, of Gaston, on five charges connected to the exploitation of a minor. Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff’s Office made the arrest. Investigators received a CyberTipline report from the National Center for Missing […]

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Man charged with attempted murder for shooting at people from his yard

A Cayce man is charged with three counts of attempted murder after deputies said he fired a weapon multiple times toward a group of people on Lookout Point Road Feb. 24. Justin Brylan Losoya, 25, is also charged with discharging a firearm into a dwelling and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, according […]

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Cayce-West Columbia Chamber welcomes new members

Cayce-West Columbia Chamber welcomed new members: Cindy Kidd of TurnKey Realty; Elaine Senn, and Vickie Lovett of Dream Makers; Haley Bowers of MB Kahn and Rhonda Dinkins of Tylar Rose. The members were welcomed at the Chamber’s monthly Breakfast. It was held Tuesday at the Brookland Baptist Convention Center.

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Former asst. principal’s bond set, was “in love” with student, according to documents

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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GOP primary for Lexington County’s S.C. House Dist. 69 is Tuesday  

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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Lexington County Sheriff’s Department arrests man for ramming car into home

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, […]

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