For the first time in months, U.S. health officials are reporting a downward trend of Covid-19 cases nationwide. Georgia remains to be in the lead as the state who continuously reports the highest rates of daily infections compared to their population. Following suit are Texas, Florida and California. Each state is seeing thousands of new cases a day. Fortunately, at…
House Democrats have officially unveiled a $25 billion U.S. Postal Service proposal which they plan to vote on this Saturday. The six-paged bill titled the “Delivering for America Act” not only prohibits but would reverse all operational changes made this year that could undermine the service. It also considers election mail to be “first-class mail” and would allocate them the…
Steve Bannon and three others have been formally charged with fraud in the “We Build the Wall” fundraising campaign. The announcement came earlier this morning from New York federal prosecutors. Along with President Trump’s former campaign adviser, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato and Timothy Shea each face one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to…
The fires in California have grown exponentially worse as hundreds now rage out of control. Within 72 hours, nearly 11,000 lightning bolts struck the state and ignited the fires. It’s predicted there are at least 367 with 26 considered “major blazes”. There are also reports of two giant clusters of fires burning across ten counties. Multiple people have been injured…
Senator Kamala Harris made history last night after she became the first black and south Asian American woman to accept the vice presidential nominee for a major party. During her acceptance speech she promised to strive for inclusivity, “to be conscious and compassionate”, and to fight for justice and equality, especially in wake of recent events. In another stunning moment,…
McLeod Health announced yesterday their intentions to build a new hospital in Carolina Forest. Due to the rapid community growth in South Carolina, DHEC requested an additional 155 hospital beds be made available by 2024. A certificate of need for the new hospital has already been filed with the state and is now pending approval. The predicted $56 million project…
The Myrtle Beach City Council has approved a settlement in the legal battle over hospitality fees. The exact details surrounding the litigation have not been released but it was confirmed the council unanimously voted in favor of a “court structure proposal”. Still to be determined is how the $19 million common fund will be distributed. A judge has been asked…
The city of Charleston is no longer issuing warnings over face mask violations. Instead, the Charleston City Council approved a vote that will allow law enforcement to issue first time offenders an immediate ticket and $100 fine. City leaders confirmed they made the decision to crack down on violators after weeks of warnings have been ignored. It’s believed around 65%…
Horry County police are searching for a man who’s been missing for over two weeks. 35-year-old Antonio Rojas was last seen at his home on Bratcher Road near Conway on August 3rd. He is described as 5-foot-8, weighing 165 pounds. He also has brown hair and brown eyes. If you have any information on his whereabouts, you are asked the…
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has halted all internal changes within the service until after the November election. That means retail hours at post offices will not change, no more mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will be removed, and all current mail processing facilities will remain open. This all comes as at least 20 democratic attorneys general across the…
