Local emergency coronavirus orders threatening constitutional rights?
By Rick Brundrett The Nerve When Columbia city leaders imposed a curfew in response to the coronavirus outbreak, they required residents in most cases – under the threat of possible jail time – to isolate themselves in their homes between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. In justifying the curfew, Mayor Steve Benjamin told a WIS-TV reporter on camera, “We started seeing some reports of even if the restaurants and bars might be shut down by the...
Investigators arrest Myrtle Beach resident in recent burglaries
Darlington County Sheriff Tony Chavis says sheriff’s investigators have arrested a Myrtle Beach man after an investigation into multiple burglaries in the East McIver Road area. Brantley Benjamin Corbin, 42, of Myrtle Beach, is charged with burglary, first degree, burglary, second degree, and two counts of petit larceny. Investigators allege Corbin burglarized two residences April 1 on Arin Street and Sally Circle, stealing various...
Minding your health during pandemic
By Samantha Lyles slyles@newsandpress.net We are living in strange times. The COVID-19 pandemic is causing widespread and prolonged stress for people around the world, and if you’re feeling the strain, you’re not alone. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 7 in 10 Americans (72 percent) say their lives have been disrupted “a lot” or “some” by the coronavirus outbreak, and three-fourths of respondents say...
Classes by computer: Not a perfect solution, but school board’s glad to have it
By Bobby Bryant Editor editor@newsandpress.net Since the coronavirus crisis shut down all public schools in South Carolina in mid-March, Darlington County students have continued the semester with classes by computer. Last week, the county school board briefly discussed how the district’s “eLearning” system is working so far. The consensus: Some students love it and are easily able to work with it. Others don’t like it and struggle to...
