Health officials with the Department of Health and Environmental Control urges people to change their behavior and reduce the spread of COVID-19 or we could see more than 4,000 deaths by November.
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Hospitals have been closed to the visitors in order to reduce the risk of exposure to coronavirus for months. Still, that wasn’t going to keep one North Carolina woman from being able to witness the birth of her first grand baby. Tomiko Plummer’s daughter is stationed at Shaw Air force Base and when it came time…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) –The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) says one of the DART drivers is in quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19. The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority (The COMET) announced that a driver of Transportation Care Services (TCS), which operates DART and is a subcontractor of RATP Dev USA, Inc., has tested positive for coronavirus during…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) –The University of South Carolina is standing by its international students. Earlier this week the Department of Homeland Security and the Student Exchange Visitor Program announced that foreign students who were enrolled in fully on-line programs could be forced to leave the country. In a letter to students, faculty, and staff University President Bob Caslen writes, “To…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) — An area that has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic in South Carolina has been the state’s correctional facilities. According to the South Carolina Department of Corrections (SCDC), at least 370 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in South Carolina’s prisons, with five deaths reported. SCDC also says seven of 21 facilities have reported a…
abc columbia Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Students hoping to attend the University of South Carolina in 2021 will not have to submit standardized test scores. According to the University, due to testing interruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, students applying for freshman admission will not be required to submit SAT or ACT test scores for the Spring, Summer or Fall…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Saturday morning the group Flags Across the South will fly a confederate flag on a temporary flag pole to honor the memory of the symbol that has since been removed. The group plans to erect the flag from 7:30a.m. until 5 p.m. on the South Carolina state house grounds. It was five years ago today (July…
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Cayce City Council members became the latest area to vote in favor of requiring people to wear some type of face coverings.
DHEC and Prisma Health continue to host free coronavirus testing clinics across the Midlands amid the pandemic.
