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Mask wearing now optional in Lexington Richland District Five

Dozens came to Monday nights meeting to speak for and against continued mask wearing

Lexington,SC (WOLO) — Emotions rang high in and outside of the Lexington Richland meeting Monday night. Dozens of parents, teachers and students stood up for and against having to wear a mask option in school. Despite protests and various opinions on the mandate, the board ultimately voted in favor of allowing facial coverings to be optional, but strongly encourage their…

Attorneys: DA should step aside from deputy shooting probe

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) – Attorneys for the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in North Carolina have asked the local prosecutor to recuse himself from the investigation. The attorneys say he’s too close to the men who fired their weapons. Attorneys Ben Crump and Bakari Sellers said in statements Monday that District Attorney…