Ballentine News

Details are limited, but officials say they arrested 32-year-old Joseph Russell on White Falls Drive.

The reopening of the only public beach on Lake Murray is rekindling talk among some shoreline community leaders of the need for more public swimming sites, a wish unlikely to be granted soon.

Two weeks after the S.C. Supreme Court upheld the results of a rigged election in Richland County, S.C., evidence has emerged which directly links the county's former elections director to an illegal shortage of voting machines.

"Changes need to be made," Ron Homan of the Spring Hill area said. "I'm excited about people starting to get together to do something about it." The plan that will be developed initially will look at mirroring the boundary of Lexington-Richland 5 schools that include Chapin, Irmo, Dutch Fork, Harbison and St.

The House budget proviso, inserted by Reps. Nathan Ballentine and Kirkman Finlay, would be a drop in the bucket from the county's expected $14.6 million in state revenues next year.