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HELLO LOUISVILLE!
Decided to take a little sabbatical from news but I’m back on air and in the Derby City to take on the
@wave3news
alert desk.
Catch me on air A LOT (11, 12, 3, 4, 5, & 6) every Monday through Friday. I start full time on Monday!
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NEW: Scottie Scheffler's attorney issues a fiery response to the charges being dropped against Scottie Scheffler. Listen to what Romines told
@NataliaWAVE3
when she asked why Scheffler originally agreed with the claim that he dragged Det. Gillis:
@wave3news
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BREAKING:
@LMPD
releases the only official video we have of the incident involving PGA Golfer Scottie Scheffler. The black Lexus you see going around the bus is Scheffler. You also see the officer running him down and arresting him.
@wave3news
#scottiescheffler
#pga
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BREAKING: We just received an abundance of evidence from the Scottie Scheffler arrest last month: videos and photos. I'm still working through most of it -- but in this clip you can hear Scottie's fear as he gets arrested, and Gillis' explanation of what happened.
@wave3news
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UPDATE: We just pulled Detective Gillis' personnel file with
@LMPD
. In December 2012... he drove an intoxicated civilian in a police vehicle on duty with lights/sirens during a non-emergency. He also did donuts in a business parking lot. He was suspended 5 days.
@wave3news
BREAKING:
@LMPD
releases the only official video we have of the incident involving PGA Golfer Scottie Scheffler. The black Lexus you see going around the bus is Scheffler. You also see the officer running him down and arresting him.
@wave3news
#scottiescheffler
#pga
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Here's the face to the name: Bryce Carden. He's the Louisville firefighter that rappelled off the side of the Clark Memorial Bridge today to rescue that trapped semi driver. Courtesy: LFD
@wave3news
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The forms show three officers did not turn on their bodycams during the incident. They are Bryan Gillis, Kelvin Watkins and Javar Downs. The forms say ALL of them should have had theirs on at the time.
@wave3news
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@LMPD
@wave3news
The video ONLY shows the immediate aftermath of what happened. LMPD says there is no video of when Det. Gillis was actually "dragged" by Scheffler.
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BREAKING: Jefferson Co. Attorney Mike O'Connell requests that all charges be dropped against Scottie Scheffler. He says, "Mr. Scheffler's characterization that this was a big misunderstanding is corroborated by the evidence." Here's the moment from just minutes ago:
@wave3news
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@HannahDrake628
@wave3news
Hi Hannah, Jefferson Co. Attorney Mike O’Connell withheld this video until the case concluded, as it could be used as evidence in court. Now that charges are dropped, the info was made public, as the case has concluded.
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@LMPD
@wave3news
In March 2019, Gillis also got in trouble for a police pursuit. An investigation found he violated standard operating procedure, by chasing a vehicle where the driver didn't commit a violent felony and wasn't wanted. He also failed to notify dispatch before beginning the pursuit.
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@wave3news
Here's some new photos as well, including the now-infamous ripped pants on Officer Gillis.
@wave3news
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@NataliaWAVE3
@wave3news
UPDATE: Detective Gillis responds to the dropped charges AND the comments from Romines above. See here:
@wave3news
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@LMPD
@wave3news
Gillis was found to be at fault in a couple of accidents too... and got in trouble for not showing up to court.
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@LMPD
@wave3news
NEW: Two forms here, one is a memo that comes from LMPD Chief Gwinn-Villaroel, detailing what happened and the "corrective actions" taken against Det. Gillis for not turning his bodycam on. The second form is filled out by Gillis, describing "why" he didn't turn it on.
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@LMPD
@wave3news
NEW: We just pulled Gillis' personnel file at
@LMPD
. He's received both commendations, and a few interesting complaints/reprimands before, including doing donuts in a parking lot, pursuing someone not wanted, and not reporting a pursuit to dispatch. Full post on my main page.
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BREAKING:
@wave3news
troubleshooters just got this lengthy statement from
@LMPD
Det. Bryan Gillis on the dropped charges and the comments from Scheffler's attorney. He says: "To be clear, I was drug by the car, I went to the ground." Also mentions the $80 pants bit...
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UPDATE:
@UofSC
officials say the vaccine will be free for all students/faculty. Couple more points below 👇🏻
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UPDATE: Louisville Fire confirms that the sole female driver of this vehicle was rescued and is now safe. We were live on the air when it happened.
@wave3news
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BREAKING: A semi has crashed and is now dangling over the edge of the 2nd Street Bridge. LMPD says both sides of the bridge have been shut down. More on
@wave3news
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What’s going on behind the scenes here is questionable... just a day after administrators boast about testing capacity (and also after scaling back testing times to only 10-12), this.
BREAKING: Testing on Davis Field canceled today, because of an “understaffed” lab.
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Today was officially my last day as News Director at
@SGTVNews4
. To say that it’s been an amazing journey and opportunity as a student journalist is an understatement. Thank you to everyone for the love and support over the past year!
#journalismmatters
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Well, tomorrow starts the new journey we’ve all been waiting for— my buddy
@collinspeicher
and I are taking on America’s dairyland and starting work at
@WKOW
! Wisconsinites, I can’t wait to tell your stories. And yes, we found Nitty Gritty.
Hello, Madison!
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Lots of artistic potential here, and all taken away. Other schools do this without issue
@UofSC
! Hate to see it.
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And not a single person in sight wearing a mask. Absolutely terrifying.
JUST IN: The scene tonight at TLC Sports Bar near Williams-Brice Stadium. Students say they’re going here because it’s just outside of Columbia city limits, and doesn’t have strict COVID safety guidelines.
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BREAKING: Multiple reliable sources have now told
@wave3news
that all charges against golfer Scottie Scheffler will be dropped this afternoon. We are told that both sides agree "it is best to proceed without the charges going forward. Both want things resolved amicably."
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@LMPD
@wave3news
It is worth noting, though, that Gillis has also received numerous letters of commendation from the department since his hiring in 2007.
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Well… that’s a wrap.
After two years in the city that took me in and offered me a home… I’ll be leaving Madison in June. Yesterday was my final day at WKOW.
To the people of Madison and the amazing coworkers that helped me along the way, thank you.
More news coming soon…
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BREAKING: Qannik, the rescued polar bear that now lives at the
@LouisvilleZoo
is enjoying today's snow! Qannik was found on Alaska’s North Slope in 2011 — separated from her mother and sibling. Thanks
@LouisvilleZoo
for the video!
@wave3news
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The student body president that
@UofSC
students voted for is just one of many international students facing an uncertain future because of this new ruling by ICE.
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*Worth noting that plagiarism in the classroom can result in a number of sanctions for students including multi-week workshops, probation, suspension and even expulsion from the university. And that’s for a lot smaller crowd than graduation.
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I’ve talked with many of Sam’s friends at this point and I can tell you this... this is serious. Please share and help if you have any information.
UPDATE: Friends and family plan a search party for Laundon. Details below.
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RIGHT NOW — Sen. Ted Cruz is taping a podcast in front of a live audience at the WI Masonic Center. The venue was changed from UW-Madison’s campus because of the university’s masking requirement. Not many people wearing masks here.
@WKOW
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A new angle from
@LMPD
of the dramatic rescue of a semi driver dangling off the 2nd Street Bridge earlier today:
@wave3news
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What a time to be an alumnus of the University of South Carolina
BREAKING:
@UofSC
President Bob Caslen has submitted his resignation to the Board of Trustees, who have since accepted it.
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BREAKING: Bardstown Police say three horses are dead and four are gravely injured after a horse hauler truck crashed on the Bluegrass Parkway this morning. The driver will survive, but has severe lacerations to the foot and head.
@wave3news
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What time is it again?
*checks watch*
Ah yes, 4:48.
BREAKING: Hundreds of people are packed together in a line outside of The Saloon bar in Five Points, where local law enforcement has since arrived at the scene.
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...And not a single person at this bar tonight will be getting a SAFE test until Tuesday.
UPDATE: Hundreds of students leaving the venue after police arrive to shut the bar down.
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SGTV was just nominated for SIX awards by nationally-recognized College Broadcasters, Inc.
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3 of them were for pieces by yours truly 😉
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UPDATE: A photo our photojournalist just took of the gaping HOLE that just opened up on I-65S near Hospital Curve. Wow.
@wave3news
NEW: It appears that what was just a pothole has now opened up into a HOLE in I-65S here, light shining through.
@wave3news
troubleshooters requested documents from
@KYTC
on this spot... turns out they are very well aware of the issues here. 🧵
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Take voter suppression because of long lines at the polls and apply it to this situation and you get the exact same result. I talked to multiple people today who wanted to get tested and decided not to because of long lines. This outbreak is way worse than just 380 people
@UofSC
Students are lined up outside of 650 Lincoln to get saliva tested. Testing runs until 4 p.m. today.
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Leave it to
@ChrisVogt33
to make me look REALLY short on television.
Tonight at 10: How Vogt is helping out his hometown of Mayfield, KY, after tornadoes ravaged the town this weekend.
@WKOW
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Incredibly excited to announce we WON the pacemaker for broadcast! The most prestigious award in collegiate journalism, I can’t thank my team enough for the hard work put in to achieve this.
Excited to announce the SGTV News 4 has won a Pacemaker Award from
@acpress
Thankful to our staffers who made this possible.
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We choose to publish because there are genuine public health concerns here that the public deserves to know about. Not because we’re trying to get anyone in trouble or call anyone out.
JUST IN: Hundreds of students pack into Pavlov’s, a popular bar in Five Points. The bar reopened tonight for the first time.
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-Over 1,000 cases at USC now, over 300 new cases on Friday alone.
-60% of quarantine space is now in use.
-The positivity rate over the past few days was over 26%.
-Over 1,000 tests are still pending.
BREAKING: The number of active COVID-19 cases on USC’s campus has risen to 1,026.
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Caslen is firm in his stance to stay open. After listening in on administration over the past few days, it doesn’t look like they’re closing any time soon.
President Caslen says that he currently has no plan to close. He doesn’t want to impose the burden of the outbreak onto the Columbia community by shutting down.
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RIGHT NOW: The crowd of thousands is now marching down State Street towards UW-Madison’s campus. Full coverage at 10.
@WKOW
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I think it’s worth noting that these won’t just be “asynchronous work days.” These are actual days off that professors cannot assign work or prerecord lectures for, something that’s been complained about a lot this semester.
BREAKING: Spring UofSC schedule announced. Spring break canceled and replaced by wellness days spread throughout the semester.
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Just check the quote tweets on this and it’s clear there’s a growing movement to take action on accused abusers at
@uofsc
.
Gamecocks, this is your newly sworn in Student Body President, Alex Harrell. Excited to use this platform to keep you all up to date about all the great work SG is doing this year for the students! Here are a few of our major goals for the year:
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It may not seem like it, but this is HUGE. Public health officials are warning that universities like USC with large outbreaks shouldn’t shut down, or risk spreading outbreaks to other states.
Caslen quoted Dr. Anthony Fauci, who believes campuses shouldn't shut down after a first outbreak because the cases would then be scattered across the country as student return home.
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BREAKING: Governor Andy Beshear will return to Kentucky from a spring break trip and address today’s severe weather outbreak in a press conference tomorrow at 12:30.
@wave3news
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It’s that time of year to get shamed for using apple music again 🥴
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Saw a lot of great student journalists from
@dailycardinal
taking to the streets today to cover the women’s rights protest in Madison. Made me happy about the future. Great work to you all!
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Good news - got my first business cards today!
Bad news - My name has two “L”s
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And in a weird twist,
@Bob_Caslen
issues an apology for quoting someone at graduation and not giving them credit.
Also not the best look.
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Thank you
@UofSC_SJMC
! More great things to come!
Congratulations to
@wardjolles
who finished in the top 10 in the Hearst TV News Competition II. Jolles is a digital content producer for
@wachfox
and multimedia journalist for
@USCCarolinaNews
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Went out to
@FivePointsSC
w/
@ColaFire
tonight while they enforce the current mask ordinance in Columbia.
- In about 15 minutes, they had already written probably 20 tickets, $100 a pop.
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ALWAYS do the zoo story! These two girls were awesome characters for my story.
Oh, and by the way, tonight at 6, hear about how the Henry Vilas Zoo plans to vaccinate some of its animals for COVID.
@WKOW
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Gay and bisexual men still can’t contribute because of discriminatory donation laws. Even though all blood is screened anyway.
We're facing a national blood crisis.
Doctors are having to make tough choices about who receives transfusions and who has to wait. You can help by making an appointment to give at or these 3 other ways.
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Looks like someone leaked some info they weren’t supposed to 👀👀
UPDATE: University Spokesperson Jeff Stensland says no final decision about spring break has been made, and a final decision will likely come in November.
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That’s likely 5 more days that students won’t be able to get tested. This just a day after Caslen and other administrators boast about testing capacity.
BREAKING:
@UofSC
Spokesperson Jeff Stensland says that SAFE on-demand saliva testing won’t be available again until Tuesday. The full statement from the university below.👇🏻👇🏻
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Absolutely heartbreaking end to this story. Thoughts go out to the friends and family who worked so hard to find him.
BREAKING: RCSD has suspended the search of Samuel Laundon after finding the body of a man matching his description in the shrubbery near the Martin Marietta Cayce Quarry. Statement from the Richland County Sheriff’s Department below.
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Name sound familiar? Voros was sued 2 years ago for allegedly forcing
@UofSC
students into manual labor while on a study abroad trip. Voros still teaches at the university full time.
Studio art professor David Voros and
@UofSC
have been sued on claims of sexual harassment and unfair treatment. Read more:
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Let’s not forget McMaster’s influence played a large part in getting Caslen the job in the first place. Would be very interesting if his influence played a role in this decision as well.
During our interview w/ President Caslen he received a phone call from the Governor. He said it was a private conversation and up to Gov.
@henrymcmaster
to share his own comments ... but at the end of our interview Caslen said the Governor did express support.
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Clemson currently ranks No. 1 in the country... among universities with the most Coronavirus cases that is.
LISTEN: Dabo Swinney's thoughts surrounding the last-minute postponement of the Clemson-FSU game:
"This game was not canceled because of COVID. COVID was just an excuse to cancel the game. To me, the Florida State administration forfeited the game."
@wachfox
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Okay but how about the chinese restaurant downstairs?? Or the grab n go chick fil a??
if she doesn’t remember the combination Pizza Hut & Taco Bell, she’s too young for you bro
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Taking the much-needed time off to try to get a workout in... Perry had other plans. Happy Hannukah everyone!
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Super excited for this one! Was floor directing when I got the news. Thanks
@lksmithnews
Congrats
@wardjolles
for his 1st place finish (tie) in TV Hard News Reporting for his top-notch story on covid’s impact on restaurants in Five Points. Broadcast Education Association is a big national organization and this is a big win for Ward and
@UofSC_SJMC
!!
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But until recently... a lot of USC’s tests weren’t getting reported to DHEC. Where did those hundreds of positive tests go
@scdhec
??? Also, still waiting on that response from media relations 😊
Cases are reported based on an individual's state and county of current residence. Students residing in SC for school would be included in SC numbers, reported out by county based on their current address. Cases at USC likely contributed to the increase in Richland County.
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The Board meets today at 1:30. We’ll be live tweeting how they handle this.
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Okay but you guys, this is actually a really big deal.
Congratulations to SGTV News 4, University of South Carolina, finalist for the ACP Broadcast Pacemaker!
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Brb on my way to the health center NOW
BREAKING: University officials say antibody testing will now be offered for free to anyone who wants it.
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To the people who see this and say “COVID only has a 1% death rate,” just think for a second: if 1 out of every 100 people you know suddenly disappeared today - you’d notice.
In South Carolina, about 1.7 percent of all people infected with COVID-19 passed away, according to recent DHEC data.
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So proud of the work put out this year by my colleagues at
@thegamecock
. People don’t realize how much time and work goes into this work and that’s why this is definitely a necessary read. Check it out 👇🏻
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Excuse me what
JUST IN: Hundreds of students pack into Pavlov’s, a popular bar in Five Points. The bar reopened tonight for the first time.
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I’ve now resigned from 3 positions in my life and if a superior had ever said “no” I would’ve been like ✌🏻🤡
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This aged well
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Produced my first half hour show today for television and can confirm it’s harder than it looks!
@wardjolles
and
@RaheemSupreme
are our producers and leading the way today! Working hard and helping our teams prepare for today’s shows.
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BUT it’s important to note that ONLY 507 tests were done during the time between the last update and this one.
BREAKING: There are now 654 active cases of COVID-19 on campus, following a 5-day halt in testing.
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Only 29 confirmed active student cases on campus right now, but stuff like this makes you wonder if there are a lot more or if there really is some degree of immunity out there now.
JUST IN: From The Orchard Columbia- After lifted crowd restrictions in South Carolina, a big game day gathering takes place near Williams-Brice Stadium.
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🚨 STORY ALERT🚨
This week, I’ll be telling the story of the Ra Obelisk in Olympia. I’m curious though, anyone in Columbia think they can crack this code of hieroglyphics? I’m working on it myself! Stay tuned.
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weird
BREAKING: A free, drive-thru SC State Fair will be held this year instead of the normal fair, says the fair’s General Manager Nancy Smith. New dates for the fair are October 20th and 21st.
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I need a Twitter thread to help me understand what on Earth is going on with the stock market rn. Thank you.
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Stop vilifying “the media.” The term, particularly over the past few years, has gotten a horribly negative connotation. The VAST majority of JOURNALISTS are honest, hardworking and let’s not forget underpaid. And life for many of them —has been hell lately. We tell your stories.
I want family and friends to see this picture. I want you to realize I am “the media.” I want you to see that people in our country would prefer to have me and my coworkers murdered and I want you to just let that sink in.
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This is inside of the SC State House. Right now. In the middle of a pandemic.
DEVELOPING: The protestors, gathered now on the second floor inside the S.C. State House, are demanding state legislators to ease COVID-19 restrictions. Despite the requirement to wear them inside of the building, the group has congregated mostly without masks.
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