You now have more time to file your individual incomes taxes.

The South Carolina Department of Revenue (SCDOR) is following the deadline change announced last week by the IRS, moving the normal April 15 deadline to May 17.

DOR is waiting on receipt of further IRS guidance, expected in the next several days.

The IRS deadline change only impacts individuals. Estimated tax payments are still due April 15.

Unemployment claims drop

Initial unemployment claims filed in South Carolina for the week ending March 13 dropped by more than 2,300 from the previous week.

The 2,752 claims represented a decrease of 2,394 from the 5,146 claims filed the week before, according to data from the SC Department of Employment and Workforce.

Greenville County saw a state-high 275 initial claims, followed by Richland County with 243 and Spartanburg County with 205. Horry County saw 184 claims, Charleston County 148 and Lexington County 138.

DEW paid out $73.4 million in a combination of federal and state unemployment benefits for the week of March 7-13. Since March 15, 2020, 862,113 initial unemployment claims have been filed in the state, with the agency paying out $5.6 billion in benefits.

New school, new name

The new middle school in Lexington will have a new name.

The new school, a replacement for Lexington Middle School, will become Lakeside Middle School.

The Lexington County School District 1 board approved the renaming of the new school under construction on Old Cherokee Road.

Lexington Middle Principal Casey Calhoun said they collected feedback from students, families, community members and staff during the renaming process. A majority of current students, families and staff supported rebranding the new school.

Calhoun said the new name ensures the school remains known as LMS, but better reflects the school’s vision and population.

Who’s new

Veteran sales professional Tim Cantrell has joined Professional Printers in West Columbia.

The company is a locally-owned commercial graphics provider with 100,000 square feet offering digital, conventional offset, and web printing, storage, fulfillment and mailing services.

10 make Dean’s List

Columbia International University School of Business has named Christina Brown, Zack Deason, Hunter Garris, Seth Moore, Hannah Trawick, and Sarah Trawick, all of Lexington; Payton Dawkins of Batesburg; Josh Lochstampfor of Chapin; and John-Hunter James and Joshua Kirkpatrick of Irmo to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester.

3 apply for board seats

3 local community leaders have applied for trustee positions at 2 SC schools.

• Oran P. Smith of West Columbia for the Coastal Carolina University board.

• Stewart Cooner of West Columbia and Cheryl H. Fralick of Lexington for the Wil Lou Gray Opportunity School board.

State lawmakers will set the election date on or after April 1.