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Grocery chain teams with insurance company to take a load of your plate

Get turkey insurance to make sure that Thanksgiving meal is completely covered
CNN,

(CNN) — This year more people may be hosting a smaller more intimate Thanksgiving and cooking their own turkey as opposed to the larger style feast for family and friends than we are traditionally used to. Since turkey can be tricky, one grocery chain is teaming up with an insurance company to offer their first ever “turkey insurance.” Mandy Gaither…

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Local News, News, Sumter

More than 150 new jobs coming to Sumter

Santa Cruz Nutritionals announces plans to expand operations
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: Santa Cruz Nutritionals Logo Sumter, SC (WOLO) –164 new jobs are coming to sumter. Santa Cruz Nutritionals announced Thursday their plans to expand operations in Sumter county. According to the Governors office,  the $84-million dollar investment includes a 24-thousand square-foot packaging center and employee facility. The location will also have a 120-thousand square foot warehouse and distribution center. The…

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Top officials: Nov. 3 election most secure in US history

Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of federal and state officials said Thursday that they have no evidence that votes were compromised or altered in last week’s presidential election, rejecting unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud advanced by President Donald Trump and many of his supporters. The statement from cybersecurity experts, which trumpeted the Nov. 3 election as the most secure in…
Local News, News, State

Clemson to open special dorm community for LGBTQ students

Associated Press,

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) – Clemson University will open its first “living-learning community” for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students next fall. Lavender Place will open in fall 2021 in a group of rooms in Gressette Hall, meant to host up to 20 LGBTQ students of up to any age. LGBTQ student Tyler McDonald has been pushing the effort. The junior…
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Costco Wholesale updates policy on face coverings

The retailer will no longer give excemptions for those with medical conditions
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: Scott Olson/Getty Images FILE Columbia, SC (WOLO) — As coronavirus cases not only continue but spike throughout the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one retailer is scaling back some of the exceptions they once offered for shoppers coming into the store that may suffer from medical condition. The companies President and CEO…
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Several S.C. businesses won’t have to pay more taxes to support unemployment insurance trust fund

CARES Act Funding and mitigation planning from state agencies prevented rates from being doubled in 2021
Tim Scott,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — Even though the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the economy, South Carolina leaders are confident the state’s in the midst of a comeback. On Thursday, Gov. Henry McMaster (R-SC) announced that most businesses won’t have to pay more taxes to support the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund. If it wasn’t for $920 million in…

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Lexington, Local News, News

Lexington Co. couple on the run located, arrested in Tennessee

Authorities say the two were wanted in connection to several weapons and property crimes
ABC Columbia Staff,

Image: Lexington County Sheriff’s Office Lexington, SC (WOLO) — Lexington County deputies say two area residents wanted in connection to multiple thefts have been located and area expected to be extricated back to South Carolina from Tennessee. Officials say 28 year old Joshua Nelson and 36 year old Kayla Humphrey were arrested by authorities in Wilson County, Tennessee after an…