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On this episode of the South Carolina Lede for November 2, 2024: a special crossover of the Lede and “This Week in South Carolina,” taped live at SCETV’s studios in Columbia. Gavin is joined by Associated Press national politics reporter Meg Kinnard and South Carolina Public Radio’s Maayan Schechter to discuss Election 2024 up and down the ballot before a studio audience.

Voters in three of South Carolina’s Charlotte metro counties will decide the fate of nearly $1 billion in school bond referendums this election. School districts in Lancaster, Chester, and York counties are looking to expand capacity and enhance security features in campus buildings.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Marine investigation blamed the pilot of an advanced fighter jet for ejecting from the aircraft when he didn't need to, causing the F-35 to fly unmanned for 11 minutes before it crashed in rural South Carolina last year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richard Moore, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection Friday in South Carolina for the fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk in 1999, has one final chance to have his life spared.

People mingle at Mount Pleasant’s Hobcaw Yacht Club along the Wando River as a setting sun glows against the windows. This is the golden hour, that sliver of time just before day’s end.

Our next guest is an author, educator, and small business owner who has recently released a new book of short stories entitled “The Night I Prayed to Elvis”, which has been receiving some positive reviews. Mike Switzer interviews James D. McCallister who lives, writes, and works in Columbia, SC.