WHEREAS, as of Tuesday, August 31, 2021 there here have been 10,742 cumulative deaths statewide, 637 cumulative deaths in Richland County and 558 deaths in Lexington County; and, WHEREAS, the number of cases is again growing rapidly and if COVID-19 continues to spread in the County, the number of persons relying on medical, pharmaceutical, and general cleaning supplies will increase, the private and public sector work force will be negatively impacted by absenteeism, and the demand for medical… [read post]

” This coming Monday Stewart Parnell, the former owner of Peanut Corp. of America, Michael Parnell, who is Stewart Parnell’s brother and a former supervisor and Mary Wilkerson, a former quality-assurance manager will face justice after being convicted by a jury of from one to over 70 felony charges. [read post]