Laura Jane Bonds became the bride of Scott David Melton at 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, in Trinity United Methodist Church with the Rev. Roy Smith officiating.
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The federal government claims that the state’s Department of Public Health has demonstrated patterns of inaction and neglect surrounding health risks of raw sewage in Lowndes County, a majority-Black county.
“This is the first time the federal government has done this, which is significant,” said Melanie Fontes Rainer, director of the Office of Human Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services. “And this is not the last."