Manning boys, girls both 8-0 after wins B1 Palmetto Gas 820 S. Pike 803-775-4321 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2018 | Serving South Carolina since October 15, 1894 $1.75 Mon. - Fri. 8 am - 5 pm Sumter County enters litigation against opioid manufacturers BY ADRIENNE SARVIS counties, to bring a lawsuit jority of counties in South yet to bring forward the op- said, and most counties in this
[email protected] against multiple pharmaceu- Carolina to address the opioid tion of litigation in this issue, state have elected to prosecute tical companies and pharma- crisis through litigation, said as of Thursday. at the local level. Sumter County has entered cies as the fight against the Sumter County Administrator Some areas throughout the Sumter, at no cost, signed into an attorney-client agree- opioid crisis continues. Gary Mixon. country are prosecuting ment, along with 12 other There’s an effort by the ma- About seven counties have through federal court, Mixon SEE OPIOIDS, PAGE A10 New commander shows his human side PHOTOS BY MICAH GREEN / THE SUMTER ITEM “Why do I need a parking space? Col. Derek J. O’Malley has goals of positivity Why does rank afford me some privi- lege? I can walk to the commissary or continuing winning mentality at Shaw wherever. Rank gives me more of a re- sponsibility to take care of more peo- BY KAYLA ROBBINS not a random act. Removing parking ple,” O’Malley said as he sat in his of-
[email protected] space privilege, reducing administra- fice on base, surrounded by memora- tive meetings to favor trust in squadron bilia, documents, awards, photos, and The top dog of the 20th Fighter commanders and telling airmen’s sto- a couple Star Wars statuettes in the Wing can be spotted on any given day ries, many of whom are 18, 19 and in corner, all representing his personal parking toward the middle or back of their early 20s, on social media are just and military life.