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Greenwood County will have a new county attorney in 2021. Greenwood County Council voted 5-0 to hire Carson Penney as the countyâs chief legal adviser Wednesday. Council members Mark Allison and Melissa Spencer were absent for the vote. After meeting in executive session to discuss a personnel matter related to the county attorney position, Chairman Steve Brown officially offered Penney the job on behalf of council. She accepted. âThank you, Iâm happy to be here,â Penney said. Brown said council thinks Penney has the training, education and experience needed to be a good county attorney. âCarson has shown through her education and legal experience that she has a solid foundation and I expect her to do well in the County Attorney position,â County Manager Toby Chappell said in an email. âThe experience that she has obtained prosecuting Domestic Violence cases for Solicitor Stumbo, her work in personnel law, and with Federal Age ....
Nursing homes, contagious Clauses, toy drive boost: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit challenging the state’s mandatory face mask mandate, which opponents claimed is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Keith Watkins, in a decision Tuesday, dismissed the lawsuit calling it a “shotgun pleading” that makes a lot of accusations without organization or solid legal claims. The same judge in October had refused the suit’s request to block the mask rule, which health officials have credited with lessening the impact of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. The mask order, which was first imposed in the summer and extends at least through Jan. 22, requires anyone over the age of 6 to wear masks in indoor public spaces and outdoors when it’s impossible to stay at least 6 feet away from others. The lawsuit was filed by former Ala ....
SC Prosecutor trades Christmas toy donations for community service hours Because of COVID-19, in-person community service has been harder to complete. Because of this, more participants used the toy drive this year to satisfy hours. Credit: 8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office Author: WLTX Updated: 5:08 PM EST December 12, 2020 GREENWOOD, S.C. The 8th Circuit Solicitor’s Office allows people to donate toys for their Christmas toy drive and receive community service hours in return. According to the office, the annual toy donation has happened over several decades and spanned three Solicitors. “This is truly my favorite time of year at work,” said 8th Circuit Pre-Trial Intervention Director Dale Allen. “I have the best seat in the house because I get to see not only the joy of those receiving the gifts, but also the joy of those giving the gifts.” ....
Toys overload South Carolina prosecutor who trades for community service wtma.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wtma.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Man gets 22 years in prison for SC emergency room shooting December 11, 2020 GMT LAURENS, S.C. (AP) A man who fired shots at police officers inside a hospital emergency room in South Carolina was sentenced to 22 years in prison, a prosecutor said Friday. Kevin Boyce Patterson pleaded guilty Thursday to attempted murder and other charges in the April 2019 shooting at Laurens County Memorial Hospital in Clinton, 8th Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo said in a statement. Patterson and several family members were in a room in the hospital’s emergency unit when someone told workers Patterson had a gun, Stumbo said. ADVERTISEMENT ....