Aiken Mayor Contracts COVID-19
Aiken Mayor Rick Osbon has tested positive for COVID-19.
A statement from his office says Osbon got tested after suffering mild symptoms of the virus late last week. He is resting at home and will self-quarantine for 14 days from the onset of his symptoms.
Aiken City Council members had already planned to consider the approval of an ordinance later today that would mandate face coverings in food service and retail establishments throughout the city.
Osbon says, “passing a mask mandate is what I would vote to do, were I able to attend tonight’s meeting.”
Mary Liz is the News Director and Co-Host of Augusta’s Morning News on WGAC. She spent 11 years as a News Director at an Indiana Radio Station. She has also worked as a former Police and Courts Reporter for The Republic Newspaper and Assistant Marketing Director of Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis. Mary Liz focuses most on local breaking news stories, feature stories on upcoming events, or community-service related organizations and the people who serve them. She has been with WGAC since 1995.
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