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PAT Sajak's farewell year as Wheel of Fortune host kicked off with a bang - in the form of a huge cash prize - on Tuesday's episode.

Latoya from Irmo, South Carolina, clinched a whopping $100,000 with a jaw-dropping solve on a bonus puzzle that provided very few hints.

Expressing her passion for cooking and weekly culinary experiments, Latoya seamlessly translated her kitchen skills to the game.

She racked up $19,500 through a series of correct puzzle solves before advancing to the one-contestant bonus round.

Choosing "Person" as the category, Latoya's excited boyfriend Dexter waved to her and Pat, 77, off-stage as the suspense built.

Facing a challenging three-word puzzle with only two revealed "L's" from the customary "RSTLNE," Latoya went with "CMDO" as her additional picks.

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Undeterred by the limited clues, the puzzle presented itself as: "’ ‘ _ _ L _ C’ ‘O _ _ _ C _ _ L’

Acknowledging the challenge, Pat dryly admitted: "You’ve got your work cut out for you," and urged her to "talk it out" as the ten-second timer began.

However, Latoya wasted no time, acing it with the confident declaration, “A public official?”

The crowd erupted as Pat confirmed her correct answer and she exclaimed: "Oh my god!"

The climax came as Pat revealed the prize card contained a rare $100,000 bonus win.

Confetti showered the stage as Pat carted himself off-screen, leaving Latoya and her beau to revel in their well-deserved payday of $119,500.

Overwhelmed with excitement, Latoya continued to exclaim "Oh my God!" and covered her face while the audience erupted in cheers.

FANS REACT TO BIG $100,000 WIN

Wheel of Fortune fans rejoiced at the fantastic start to the New Year and the emotional victory.

One YouTube viewer wrote: “She's a really good player. That was exciting to watch."

Another applauded: “She is one of the few to have very few letters and solving the puzzle and winning $100,000."

A third wrote: “Holy jeepers, bonus round puzzle worth the dough!! Congrats, lady!”

A fourth simply penned: “LETS GO LETS GO!!"

Big $100,000 wins only happen every few months on the game show.

Meanwhile, a scant three players have ever won the $1M prize, four counting Celebrity Wheel’s Melissa Joan Hart.

Wheel of Fortune's host since 1981, Pat, is retiring this June, and Ryan Seacrest is taking over come fall.

IRMO — With less than a week until he is sworn in, Irmo’s future mayor has his hands full.

In November, Irmo Councilman Bill Danielson, a business executive who was elected to the town council in 2020, beat out the town’s current mayor, Barry Walker, in his bid for reelection. Since then, constituents have been calling nonstop, Danielson said.

“With change, people get nervous,” Danielson said. “So, I’m trying to be very hands-on right now and be very responsive to our citizens.”

With an eye on Irmo’s town hall space, bolstering public safety and instilling unity on the council, Danielson said the transition between leaders has been smooth so far.

On Nov. 7, voters in Irmo, a 12,000 resident town that straddles Lexington and Richland counties, favored Danielson over Walker, the town’s current leader, by a 4 percent margin.

Walker served as the town’s mayor for one term, after being elected as Irmo’s first Black mayor in 2019. Walker also sat on the council for several decades before that.

Also in the 2023 election, current Councilman Erik Sickinger was reelected, and Phyllis Coleman snagged an open seat. Because Danielson’s council seat does not expire until 2025, the town will soon conduct a special election to fill his vacant seat.

With so much movement on the council, one of Danielson’s top priorities is getting new members up to speed and ensuring that the new collection of council members works smoothly together.

“Coming into a town council role, it’s drinking water through a firehose,” he said. “And the plan (to unify the council) is simple. The plan is to make sure everybody is involved.”

Additionally, when every seat has been filled, Danielson said he would like to have a meeting to gather the rest of council’s ideas on where to take the town.

Another top issue when Danielson takes office is figuring out the future of Irmo’s town hall building, he said. The town staff is bursting at the seams in its current home, and is in desperate need of an expansion. Though a property for a new facility has been identified, just down the street from the current town hall, funding for to build it is still up in the air, Danielson said.

IRMO, S.C. (WIS) - A man running for the Town of Irmo Municipal Election was disqualified, the Lexington County Election Commission announced.

Officials announced on Monday, the candidate, George Frazier, was ineligible to vote in the election he was running in.

The Lexington County Election Commission sent WIS News 10 a statement of Frazier’s disqualification:

Thank you for reaching out to me. Failsafe Voting is designed to allow voters who have moved from ‘one South Carolina precinct to another’ and failed to update their address to update the address on Election Day and vote (7-5-440). Mr. Frazier moved into Lexington County from Richland County. His move should have been reported at least 30 days before the Election to be able to Vote. Mr. Frazier was disqualified as a Candidate as he was ineligible to vote in the election that you are running in. I have spoken directly with Mr. Frazier about this matter. (see Article…and the AG opinion is attached)

In addition, due to the timeline of building the Election, it is past the 48th-day deadline to have his name removed. I have attached the AG Opinion on this matter.

Early Voting started today and a notice was posted stating the disqualification of Mr. Frazier as a Candidate.

You can see a copy of the Attorney General’s office opinion:

Frazier told WIS News 10 that he moved to Irmo from Richland County on Monday, Oct. 2, but did not notify the election commission in time of the move. He said he caught pneumonia and ended up in the hospital for a few days.

The election commission said Early and Absentee Voting has begun. They added the Town of Irmo was not responsible for the determination of Frazier’s disqualification.

The Municipal Election Day is on Tuesday, November 7.

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Irmo football’s potent offense delivered another masterful performance Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets used a variety of big plays to defeat Myrtle Beach, 55-24, in the second round of the Class 4A playoffs at WC Hawkins Stadium. Irmo goes to James Island next week in the third round for a rematch of last year’s postseason game, a win by the Islanders.

Quarterback AJ Brand threw three touchdown passes and ran for a score. Running back Jaden Allen-Hendrix ran for two touchdowns and caught a 57-yard TD.

Receiver Telvin Smith returned a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown and also caught a TD pass.

“We had a heck of a test tonight. Coach (Mickey) Wilson and that group came out with a good game plan,” Irmo coach Aaron Brand said. “But our horses were just too much for them tonight. When those 200-pounders in the backfield get going and get (Donovan) Murph over the top for the big plays and Telvin Smith on the wings, we are tough to beat.”

Irmo (12-0) has 12 wins in a season for the first time since 2006. On Friday, they had four scoring plays of 50 yards or more in the game, with two coming in the final three minutes of the first half.

Brand connected with Murph on a 57-yard TD pass to put Irmo up 21-10 with 1:55 left in the second quarter.

After Irmo’s defense forced a three-and-out, Brand hit Allen-Hendrix on a swing pass out of the backfield that went 57 yards for the score and a 28-10 lead.

Brand finished 8-of-10 passing for 184 yards and also carried it 13 times for 128.

Myrtle Beach battled back in the third quarter. Quarterback Gibson Goodroe hit John Simmons for a touchdown to cut the lead to 28-17. But Smith took the ensuing kickoff back 94 yards for a touchdown to put Irmo back up 34-17.

On the Seahawks’ next possession, Malachi Washington took a hook-and-ladder for TD to trim the lead to 34-24 with 6:22 in the third quarter.

Myrtle Beach got it inside the 15-yard line at the beginning of the fourth quarter. But after a holding call pushed the Seahawks back, they missed a field goal.

Irmo marched it dowfield and Allen Hendrix scored on a 10-yard TD to make it 41-24 with 8:59 left.

“We had to find out who was going to show up when it got hard, and who was going to step up to the plate,” Allen-Hendrix said. “Defense stepped up at the end and showed up. Then the offense did what we had to do to close out the game.”

Hendrix finished with 267 all-purpose yards including 185 rushing yards on 14 carries. Smith had 133 all-purpose yards.

Irmo’s defense had five sacks and also picked off a pass.

The Hammond Skyhawks are headed back to the SCISA Class 4A championship game.

Hammond used a big first half Friday to defeat Cardinal Newman, 33-14, at Edens Stadium. Hammond will play Laurence Manning for the state championship next Friday at Charleston Southern.

It was Hammond’s second win over Cardinal Newman this season and 24th straight over the Cardinals.

Hammond led 20-0 at halftime. Robert Malanuk had a TD pass, Kinson Holland a TD run and Bubba Alexander returned a fumble 51 yards for a score with 46 seconds left in the second quarter.

Cardinal Newman got it within 26-14 on Cortez Lane’s TD run with 3:59 left in the third quarter.

But the Skyhawks scored on a double reverse as Jack Croft hit quarterback Andrew Turner to make it 33-14 with 3:33 left.

Elgin Sessions blocked a potential game-tying field goal as Dutch Fork defeated TL Hanna, 31-28, in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Dutch Fork will host Gaffney in the third round next week.

Backup quarterback Ethan Offing, starting in place of injured Jon Hunt, ran for 137 yards and a TD and threw for 123 yards and a score for the Silver Foxes.’

Offing’s 2-yard run put the Silver Foxes up 31-28 with 8:11 left.

TL Hanna marched down on its next possession, chewing most of the clock and got it to the Dutch Fork 10, but Sessions blocked Walker Broome’s kick to preserve the win.

Deon Winsley had a 90-yard fumble return for a touchdown to put Dutch Fork up 10-0 in the first quarter.

KD Patterson rushed for 215 yards and two touchdowns and Josh Donald also had two TDs for TLH.

There will be an all-Midlands showdown in the third round of the Class 3A Lower State playoffs.

Gilbert defeated Hanahan, 49-35, and Camden defeated Dillon, 35-21, both on the road, to set up next week’s game at Zemp Stadium.

The two teams met in the 2020 playoffs with Camden winning, 58-7.

In Camden’s win Friday, quarterback Grayson White threw two touchdowns, ran one in and also returned an interception for a touchdown. White was 20-of-32 passing for 220 yards and also ran it 12 times for 82 yards.

In Gilbert’s win, freshman Trevon Williamson rushed for 312 yards, three touchdowns and Jaylen Jay had 141 yards and three scores. Drake Braddock had a TD pass to Krew Morris.

White Knoll 50, Fort Dorchester 7: Quarterback Landon Sharpe threw five touchdown passes as the Timberwolves (12-0) moved on to the third round of the 5A playoffs. White Knoll will host Sumter next week.

Sharpe was 13-of-19 passing for 182 yards.

Five different Timberwolves (12-0) caught touchdown passes: Tiyon Fanning, CJ Earl (2), Tyson Cox, Austin Cunningham and Evan Henderson.

Cunningham caught five passes and also threw a TD pass. Fanning led WK rushing with 96 yards and a TD.

Dimensions Banks and Trenton Ilunga each had two sacks for the Timberwolves.

Brookland-Cayce 34, Philip Simmons 13: The Bearcats won their 10th game for the first time since 2016 and moved on in the 3A playoffs. B-C faces Crestwood next week. Running back DeShaun Washington rushed for 214 yards and four touchdowns. Jvonn Edwards added a TD run and Will Young rushed for 68 yards.

Gray Collegiate 62, Chesnee 14: The War Eagles rolled to the third round with a win over Chesnee. Gray will host Strom Thurmond next week. Quarterback Tyler Waller threw for two touchdowns and BJ Montgomery rushed for 150 yards and a TD. Dre Dopson had a TD pass.

Silver Bluff 22, Fairfield Central 21: Jordan Boyd had the game-winning interception return for a touchdown and the Bulldogs made the two-point conversion in the fourth for the win.

Strom Thurmond 53, Keenan 20: Quan Edmond threw four touchdown passes and Chris Barnes had two TD runs and a kickoff return for a score for Strom Thurmond. Keenan had a pair of defensive touchdowns, inclluding a fumble return by Corey Williams.

South Florence 50, Richland Northeast 20: The Cavs’ season ended at the hands of the defending 4A champions. SyRee Livingston ran for three touchdowns to lead South Florence. Will Wilson had two touchdowns for RNE.

Abbeville 41, Newberry 28: Jha’Louis Hadden ran for three touchdowns in Abbeville’s win over Newberry. Abbeville will host Silver Bluff next week. Kenton Caldwell had two touchdown passes and a TD run for Newberry.

This story was originally published November 11, 2023, 12:04 AM.

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