LITTLE MOUNTAIN, S.C. (WIS) - A pair of Little Mountain locals will join the town council in January after successful write-in campaigns prompted in part by a WIS story that revealed no one had filed for the two open seats.

The small Newberry County town is home to fewer than 400 people.

Of 74 total votes in November’s election, Andrew “Lane” Attaway and Hannah Huffstetler received 17 and 15 votes, respectively.

The initial election plot twist story on October 22 circulated quickly among the close-knit community, prompting conversations online and around town in the lead-up to the election.

Attaway and Huffstetler grew up as friends and had considered serving before. They say the WIS report was just the push they needed.

Each one wants to give back to the community that raised them.

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