Wando News

Just before the attendance bell rings, the roads around the biggest high school in the state swarm with travelers racing to a beehive of classrooms.

Hearn named director. The Lexington County School District One Board of Trustees approved the administration's recommendation to hire W. Bryan Hearn as director of the Lexington Technology Center for the 2013-2014 school year.

Thirty employees of the Charleston County School District make more than $100,000 per year, while nearly half of its workers make less than $39,999. The Salary Spotlight tool currently includes pay for all state employees and will add other government agencies in the future.

Deputies seized 10 of the sweepstakes machines this afternoon at A.J.'s at 2140 Highway 41 in Wando, sheriff's office spokesman Dan Moon said.