“Need an abortion? California is ready to help,” reads the billboard with a Bible verse at the bottom that reads, ” Love your neighbor as yourself. There is no greater commandment than these.” The billboard was paid for by the campaign for California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom.
The 31st annual “Senior Citizens Healthcare and Fun Day Luncheon” was held at Seawell’s Catering. “What we do every year is we get the seniors together. In the rural areas a lot of times we are forgotten or don’t know we’re there. So what I did was when I became an elected official I started getting people out of the rural areas to get information that they normally wouldn’t have gotten,” says event creator Bernice G. Scott.
As part of SCDOT’s 10-Year-Plan to upgrade South Carolina highways continues, I-26 will be widened from four to six lanes between the Little Mountain and Peak exits, and will be widened from four to eight lanes between the Peak and Irmo exits. The $512 million dollar project will also include seven new overpass bridges and three reconstructed interchanges at the Little Mountain, Chapin, and Peak exits.
When catastrophic flooding hit eastern Kentucky in July, much of Letcher County, Kentucky experienced heavy damage. Members of the Forest Acres community and the Forest Acres Police Department came together to help.
September is World Alzheimer’s Awareness Month. According to the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Association someone around the world is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease about every three seconds. Six million Americans and about 95,000 South Carolinians live with the disease.
The University of South Carolina is partnering with Verizon to launch its new “Innovation Experience Hub.”
Verizon officials announced the hub is now powered with 5g-Ultra Wideband technology, allowing for much faster internet speeds and more efficient data transfer.
The FBI Columbia field office is teaming up with six local HBCU’s to launch its first ever mentoring program. Mentors will provide professional guidance to their selected students by meeting with them at least once a month for the rest of the fall semester. Mentees are expected to initiate discussions with their mentor, seek feedback for areas of development, set goals, and ask for guidance regarding professional growth.
The Salvation Army of the Midlands held a ribbon cutting ceremony at their Millwood Avenue location to unveil new delivery trucks. “Without those who donate, these trucks are useless. So the credit goes to them,” says the CEO of JT’s Automotive Group, JT Gandolfo.
Fort Jackson is holding its annual “U.S. Army’s Drill Sergeant of the Year” competition this week. The nine men and two women face mental and physical challenges, including net climbing, low crawling under barbed wire, shooting range tests, and suiting up in their chemical warfare gear.
Happy National Video Game Day to all gamers out there! According to Statista, a website focused on marketing and consumer behavior, the video game industry has raked in over $95 billion in the U.S. in 2022 alone.
