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Gov. Northam announces administration appointments Published Saturday, Mar. 6, 2021, 10:26 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com (© cbies – stock.adobe.com) Meaghan Green, Policy and Communications Advisor to the Chief Workforce Development Advisor Meaghan Green has been appointed Policy and Communications Advisor to the Chief Workforce Developm...

Petition to make Juneteenth an SC holiday hopes to spur movement on bill Emily Correll Replay Video For five years, Jamal Bradley has helped put on the Juneteenth Festival in Columbia.  Juneteenth is a date commemorating the freeing of the last slaves in the United States.  The day has been adopted by many states as a holiday but not yet in South Carolina.   This past summer Sen. Darrell Jackson introduced a bill (S0005) to Amend Section 53-5-10, Code Of Laws Of South Ca...

Earlier this month, South Carolina’s General Assembly elected nearly two dozen judges to preside over cases across the state’s court system. No African Americans were selected for the judgeships. Instead, most of them were granted to white men, a fact that once again highlighted the state’s diversity problem, according to Black lawmakers who bristled at the legislative vote. “What this says to me is if you’re African American, do not apply,” state Rep. Leon Howard (D-Columbia) told...

and last updated 2021-02-11 20:57:46-05 HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- Darrell Jackson dreams about finding a kidney donor every single day. “It could be life-saving to me and change my life tremendously,” said Jackson, who suffers with End Stage Renal Disease. WTVR CBS 6 shared the Henrico man’s story last year as he ramped up his search for a donor. But around that time COVID-19 forced us into shutdown and Jackson believes it deterred people from testing to see if they were a match. J...

Photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images It’s Super Bowl time once again and Steelers fans that sit down to watch the extravaganza including former players and coaches that donned black-and-gold will feel somewhat left out of the excitement. But there were days when that wasn’t the case through six Super Bowl championships. Nobody can forget the five men whose MVP performances made those victories possible. Guys with monikers like Franco, Swanny, TB, Hines and Tone have been immortalized in...

February 1, 2021 Several virtual events are planned this month as part of the University of Wyoming’s Black History Month celebration. “The Death of Black Wall Street and the Myth of the American Dream” is the theme of Black History Month, sponsored by UW’s African American and Diaspora Studies (AADS) and the Black Studies Center. Events are free and open to the public. “This year’s theme reckons with the 100th anniversary of one of America’s most catastrophic events,” says Fred...

South Carolina Legislature convenes Tuesday Vivian Jones, The Center Square © Provided by Washington Examiner South Carolina lawmakers will return to Columbia on Tuesday to begin the 2021 legislative session, and more than 800 pieces of legislation already have been filed for the General Assembly to consider. Gov. Henry McMaster is scheduled to deliver the state of the state address at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The South Carolina Legislature will consider and pass a state budget in ...

2 Related Still, there have been enough signings to determine who has been a winner in the early signing period and who has missed out. Some of the winners are on the list because of whom they already landed as well as whom they have left, but each team made a big impression on Wednesday. Who won signing day? Lane Kiffin and his staff had a really good few weeks leading up to signing day, landing commitments from four-star tight end Hudson Wolfe and wide receiver Brandon Buckhaulter, as well as...

Copied! Washington kicker Nick Novak (3), right, jumps into the arms of teammate Derrick Dockery after kicking a game-winning field goal in overtime on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005, in Landover, Md. Washington won 20-17. At left is Washington offensive lineman Casey Rabach. At center is linebacker Marcus Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) In todays Rewarding Moments In Washington History presented by Maryland Lottery My Lottery Rewards, we look back to the 2005 season when Washin...

‘81 in his five-plus innings of work, he was no match for Camilo Pascual. Pascual allowed just five hits over seven innings as he and Bud Byerly combined to shut out ‘81 5-0 and send them into the finals. While Pascual kept his shutout going, Havens lost his in the sixth. Until that inning, he had allowed only four hits and walked three. But Pete Runnels opened the sixth with a second-pitch single, Jim Lemon’s subsequent double putting men on second and third with nobody out. Havens work...