| State COVID Strike Team targets crisis-related fraud The U.S. Attorney’s Office has established a South Carolina COVID Strike Team, announced today, to investigate and prosecute fraud schemes, hoarding and price gouging. Upstate Giving Canal Insurance Company recently donated $50,000 to United Way of Greenville County's COVID-19 Community Relief Fund for those working on the frontlines of the crisis. "Thanks to the generosity of Canal Insurance Co. and many others, we will continue to be able to respond as the needs grow and evolve,” said United Way of Greenville CEO Meghan Barp. | 
As BMW Manufacturing halts its production for another three weeks, the global auto manufacturer considers new routes for meeting COVID-19 shortages around the world. Globally, BMW has donated critical needs goods like disinfectants and masks and offered vehicles to medical providers while forming plans for potential mask production as auto lines lay idle.
In a Friday press conference, Gov. Henry McMaster added department stores and other retailers to the "nonessential" list, effective today at 5 p.m. He also closed hotels and rentals to visitors with a few exceptions, from CDC "hotspot" areas.
