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Thursday, May 26, 2022 Index-Journal, Greenwood, S.C. 3A News GREENWOOD COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY SCHEDULE Memorial Day Monday, May 30 Landfill OPEN Convenience Centers OPEN No Curbside Recycle Pickup on May 30 th Make Up Day is Friday, May 27 th County Offices Closed KELLEYS BAR-B-QUE Cooked The Old Time Way with Hickory Coals (Since 1959) MEMORIAL DAY SALE Bar-b-que Hash Chipped Meat Ribs Chicken Ready May 26 thru May 30 Until Sold Out! Open Thursday Monday 8am-6pm Pick up Early! 227-1334 1006 Siloam Church Rd. Greenwood Mrs. Clara P. Reed The years just flew by and before I knew it, I had exceeded 100 years old.

In fact to be exact, 109 years young. Please join me in celebrating my achievement through the help of wishes for your presence at her upcoming birthday festivities at 802 Wright Avenue, Greenwood, SC starting at 2:00 p.m. until Saturday, May 28, 2022 Your appearance will be appreciated. C2-196034 Associated Press CHESTER A magistrate who has been reprimanded before and whose husband is a former sheriff awaiting sentencing for stealing money from government programs has been suspended from the bench for six months, the South Carolina Supreme Court announced Wednesday. Chester County Magistrate Angel Underwood used her official judicial email account to help her husband write a disciplinary order on a office employee and to recommend a student for a scholarship on behalf of deputies, the justices wrote in their order.

Underwood also pulled private crime tips from the office Facebook page and emailed to deputies on her judicial account, according to court records. actions to erode public confidence in the because they the boundaries between her role as an independent and impartial magistrate and someone acting on behalf of the the order said. The state Supreme Court publicly reprimanded Underwood in 2016 for failing to point out her husband was the sheriff each time she started to hear a case involving the Chester County Office. Underwood pointed out there were no complaints on how she handled those cases. husband, Alex, was convicted in April 2021 of several federal charges.

Prosecutors said he skimmed overtime meant for his deputies, used taxpayer money to fly first-class to a Las Vegas conference with his wife and then tried to cover up that she went and had on-duty deputies work to build a party barn at his home, even pulling officers away from drug stakeouts. Underwood will likely face around four years in prison when he is sentenced on the convictions. Magistrate suspended for 6 months for improper emails From staff reports A Greenwood sex offender who fled instead of facing trial was captured Monday after a week on the run, Circuit Solicitor David Stumbo announced Wednesday morning. The State Law Enforcement Division Fugitive Team apprehended Nathaniel A. Holloway, 42, at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida with assistance from authorities in Florida.

Holloway will be brought back to Greenwood this week where he will remain until a judge unseals his sentence during the next term of General Sessions Court. A Greenwood County jury found Holloway guilty of first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor on Tuesday following the two-day trial. The charge carries a sentence of at least 25 years, with the possibility of imprisonment for life. When Holloway did not show up for his trial May 16, officers were dispatched to his residence. They found ankle monitor, which had been cut off, but not the man awaiting trial.

Authorities said a child reported last year that Holloway sexually assaulted her in 2017 while she was 9. She told investigators he had been drinking when the attack happened. Authorities capture sex ender in Florida NATHANIEL A. HOLLOWAY Associated Press COLUMBIA In her pursuit of South top education job, Republican Ellen Weaver has received endorsements from a number of party leaders across the state, as well a political action committee led by one of the top GOP newcomers. In a statement to The Associated Press, honorary chairman John Warren said South Conservative Future would be backing campaign for state education superintendent, calling the school-choice advocate far the most qualified candidate in her knowledge, skillset, and conservative Weaver the first woman to chair the Education Oversight Committee, a nonpartisan group of political appointees tasked with enacting standards to improve South K-12 education system is lifelong conservative Republican who has fought in the trenches for school Warren added.

A wealthy businessman who forced Gov. Henry McMaster into a 2018 GOP runoff, Warren launched his PAC before the 2020 election, seeking to recruit and support capable and candidates for legislative races based on the reform he posited during his gubernatorial campaign. Claiming victory in most of the 2020 races in which it sought to play a part, the group is already supporting legislative candidates competing in South June 14 primary elections, with plans to announce other endorsements. Warren opted not to challenge McMaster to a rematch this year, saying he would focus on his Bitcoin company, but rule out politics forever. Superintendent Molly decision not to seek a third term set in motion a wide-open race for the top education job, an election anticipated to garner copious attention amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, given high visibility as she grappled with how best to educate South K-12 students safely.

Among six Republicans seeking the GOP nomination, Weaver has been racking up endorsements from establishment Republicans including the three sitting Republican congressmen Jeff Duncan, Ralph Norman and William Timmons; former U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. Weaver tallies GOP support in education race in SC ELLEN WEAVER Associated Press ATLANTA Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia easily dispatched Donald hand-picked challenger on Tuesday in a Republican primary that demonstrated the limits of the former president and his conspiracy-fueled politics in a critical swing state.

Kemp will face Democrat Stacey Abrams this fall in what will be one of the most consequential races. The GOP results, combined with the loss of the Trump-backed candidate for secretary of state, served as a stinging rebuke for the former president in a state he prioritized above almost all others. Angered by refusal to go along with his extraordinary effort to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, Trump personally recruited former Sen. David Perdue to challenge the sitting governor. He also helped clear the primary field and spent more than $3 million on the failed effort.

Kemp ultimately emerged as a powerful candidate able to draw prolific fundraising totals that helped him flood Georgia with television and other ads. He tapped into the power of his office to show voters what he could do for them, unveiling a $5.5 billion, Hyund- ai Motor plant near Savannah in the final days of the campaign. in the middle of a tough primary, conservatives across our state listen to the noise. They get Kemp told cheering supporters, before calling on his party to rally behind his campaign. In defeat, Perdue struck a unifying tone that has become increasingly rare in a Republican Party dominated by hardlin tactics.

want you to know tonight that I am fully supporting Brian Kemp in his run to beat Stacey Perdue said. emotional for all of us, disappoint- ed, I get that. take a few hours, lick our wounds, and tomorrow morning, going to hear me going to work for Brian Kemp to make damn sure that Stacey Abrams is never governor of In all, five states were voting Tuesday, including Alabama, Arkansas, Texas and Minnesota. But none had been more consumed than Georgia by Trump and his lie that the 2020 election was stolen. Altogether, Trump failed to replace all four Republican incumbents he targeted in the state, including the governor, attorney general and secretary of state.

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who refused to support the former direct calls to overturn the 2020 election, defeated choice, Rep. Jody Hice. The Georgia losses become the latest examples of a primary setback for preferred candidates, who have lost races in Idaho and Nebraska. A Pennsylvania Senate primary is too close to call a week after the election. Regardless of involvement in their races, virtually all of the Republican candidates even Kemp ran on That phrase that has emerged as a code for the former baseless grievances about the 2020 election, which were roundly rejected by courts and his own attorney general.

Trump faces stinging losses in Georgia Republican primaries ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOS Republican Gov. Brian Kemp waves to supporters Tuesday during an election night watch party in Atlanta. Kemp easily turned back a GOP primary challenge Tuesday from former U.S. Sen. David Perdue, who was backed by former President Donald Trump.

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, right, greets a supporter during primary election on Tuesday in Atlanta. GOP rebuke Associated Press WASHINGTON The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers Wednesday over months of delays investigating problems at the largest baby formula plant that prompted an ongoing shortage. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf laid out a series of setbacks in congressional testimony that slowed his response, including a COVID-19 outbreak at the plant and a whistleblower complaint that reach FDA leadership because it was apparently lost in the mail. Califf testified before a House subcommittee investigating the shortage, which has snowballed into a national political controversy and forced the U.S. military to begin airlifting supplies from Europe.

The shortage largely stems from Michigan plant, which the FDA shut down in February because of contamination issues. Under fire from Congress, parents and the media, Califf gave the first detailed account Wednesday of why his agency took months to inspect and shutter the plant despite learning of potential problems as early as September. The response was: slow and there were decisions that were suboptimal along the Califf told lawmakers. FDA chief struggles to explain slow response on baby formula.