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ARDIE ARVIDSON Morning News FLORENCE, S.C. – Most people will remember 2020 as the year of the COVID-19 virus, which claimed the lives of people all over the state. Pee Dee families mourned the death of loved ones this year, often unable to say their goodbyes at funerals with family and friends. Among those in the Pee Dee who died this year are a number of community leaders. Jackson Ryan Winkeler – On Jan. 5, 2020, Winkeler was killed in the line of duty. The Dillon County native died while conducting a traffic stop on airport property at the Florence Regional Airport. I...

SCHP: One charged in hit-and-run crash involving bicycle in Dillon County Generic police lights (Source: Live 5/File) By WMBF News Staff | December 22, 2020 at 1:57 PM EST - Updated December 22 at 1:57 PM DILLON COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) – One person was injured in a hit-and-run crash that happened early Monday morning in the Bingham area of Dillon County, authorities said. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper Brian Lee, a vehicle was traveling S.C. 34 near the Bingham community and struck a bicycle. The vehicle left the scene after the crash, but the driver was later ...

The Trailer: What we learned from the 2020 election, now that it's officially over David Weigel In this edition: One last look at the 2020 election, the emerging Republican message on election reform and the left’s belated Cabinet coup. Jan. 6 is the new Dec. 14, which was the new Nov. 3. If you find that confusing, keep reading: This is The Trailer. © Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg A demonstrator takes part in a pro-Trump rally in Washington. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg News) In court, and in the minds of some Republican members of Congress, the 2020 election isn’t over. On ...

Run-Down Schools in Low-Income Communities Face Long-Term Closures Amid COVID Sign informs parents who picked up items from the neighborhood public school to exit the premisses through the gate, in the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 14, 2020. Bastiaan Slabbers / NurPhoto via Getty Images By Yvette Alston-Johnson was seething when she got the news. Children in Paterson, New Jersey would not be allowed to go to school in person this fall, while many of their peers in predominantly white and affluent suburbs would return. Alston-Johnson attended Paterson public sc...

STAFF REPORTS COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Friday of last week, South Carolina announced its highest number of new cases of COVID-19. On Friday of this week, the state eclipsed that number by more than 700. The Department of Health and Environmental Control  announced a total of 3,217 confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 and 47 additional deaths. South Carolina has now suffered 4,673 deaths and more than 245,200 cases. “South Carolina, like many other states, is currently experiencing a worsening of this pandemic,” said Dr. Brannon Traxler, DHEC interim public health ...