WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On July 11, 2024, Gregory and David Melton were convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia for their role in a conspiracy to fix prices, rig bids, and allocate markets for sales of ready-mix concrete in Georgia and South Carolina. The conspiracy, which began as early as 2010 and continued until about July 2016  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following decision (Case No. 32-RC-344835) by Region 32 Acting Director Christy J. Kwon. Here are excerpts: * * * ROOT & REBOUND, Employer and NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF LEGAL SERVICES WORKERS-UNITED AUTO WORKERS LOCAL 2320, Petitioner DECISION AND DIRECTION OF ELECTION Root & Rebound (the Employer) operates a non-profit organization with remote employees located throughout California and in South Carolina. On June 20, 2024,  more

FLORENCE, South Carolina, Aug. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: David Carlos Rodriguez, Jr., 50, of Florence, has pleaded guilty to distributing Oxycodone outside the scope of medical practice and without a legitimate medical purpose. Evidence obtained during the investigation revealed that Rodriguez, who was a doctor practicing in Lake City, prescribed Oxycodone to a patient 15 times between May 2018 and January 2019.   more

AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) has received a shipment of replacement centrifugal contactors for the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River Site (SRS), which should increase production at the facility by reducing the amount of downtime for maintenance. The specially engineered contactors are used to remove radioac  more