Archives: August 2020

Largest movie theater chain to reopen with $.15 cent ticket prices

If you are ready to get back in front of the big screen with a box of popcorn, you're in luck

(CNN) — AMC theaters is offering ticket prices you can’t refuse for its opening next week. The world’s largest movie theater chain will reopen more than 100 cinemas next Thursday with tickets priced at just 15 cents. AMC expects to reopen about 400 more of its 600 theaters by September 3rd. AMC closed all of its theaters in the United…

Testing backlog? DHEC explains decline in testing numbers

DHEC's Public Health Director said demand of tests, lab capacity, supplies factor into the smaller numbers

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — State health leaders want 500,000 South Carolinians to go through COVID-19 testing every mont, but in the last week, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) says the number of samples tested has actually gone down.  In the last three weeks, DHEC says they have run an average of 7,000 COVID-19 testing samples per day….

Richland County wants your input on plan to spend $2 million in federal aid

The county wants to use two grants from the Department of Housing and Urbn Development to address afforable housing

Richland Co., SC (WOLO) — Thursday evening the Richland County Community Planning and Development Department held a public hearing to discuss how the county plans to spend more than two million dollars in federal aid. As of right now,  the plan is to use two grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to address affordable housing needs throughout…

Unemployment numbers appear to improve in SC, and nationally

Here's a closer look at where unemployment numbers stand here in SC and across the country

(CNN) — The unemployment situation appears to be improving here in the state as nearly three-thousand fewer people filed initial claims for unemployment last week. The South Carolina department of employment and workforce reports 5,921 people filed initial claims for unemployment which is the lowest it has been since mid-March when lock-downs forced people out of work. The South Carolina…

PPE distributed to 70 of 81 school districts in S.C.

Gov. Henry McMaster wants to make sure all school districts feel safe and prepared to reopen this fall amidst the coronavirus pandemic.

Lugoff, S.C. (WOLO) — Gov. Henry McMaster wants to make sure all school districts feel safe and prepared to reopen this fall amidst the coronavirus pandemic. On Wednesday, he announced $10 million worth of personal protective equipment will be distributed to 70 school districts in the next few weeks. On Thursday, McMaster was joined by local legislators at Wateree Elementary…

SCEMD adds mask ordinance map

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–The South Carolina Emergency Management Division has created a map that shows where mask ordinances are in place and where they are not throughout the state. According to the map, South Carolina has 10 counties that have a mask ordinances and 60 municipalities. In the Midlands Orangeburg and Richland are the only counties with ordinances in place. Municipalities…