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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 2021
Page
1
Aiken County School Board member Brian Silas proposed random drug testing for student athletes and marching band participants as a nonpunitive prevention measure. He cited vaping and prescription drug concerns and noted discussions with Superintendent King Laurence and Dr. Corey Murphy.
Aiken County car lots on York Street face a surge in catalytic converter thefts. McKinney Tire Service notes multiple targets including T&W Motors and Aiken Discount Tire. Two Texans, Maurice Myers and Brandon Williams, were arrested after police found 38 converters and tools in a North Augusta stop. Busbee’s Auto reports $20,000 in losses and says thefts threaten local businesses, schools, and churches reliant on high value converters.
DHEC confirms 12 Delta variant infections in South Carolina with one under 18. Officials note only a random sample of positive cases get sequenced for surveillance, not individual diagnosis. Data show rising Delta share and vaccine effectiveness against it.
The DHEC dashboard lists 49.3 percent with at least one vaccine dose. Counties seeing high case counts include Greenville 27 Charleston 21 Horry 21 and Richland 18. Of 192 hospitalizations 53 are in ICU and 16 on ventilators. Public guidance remains mask mandates for unvaccinated people.
The government reports 93 000 overdose deaths last year, a 29 percent rise from 72 000 the year before. Experts attribute the surge to COVID 19 restrictions worsening isolation and treatment access. Jordan McGlashen died of heroin and fentanyl in Michigan, pronounced May 6. His brother Collin mourns the loss and notes his brother’s addiction.
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