Author: ABC Columbia Staff

SC announces plans to expand COVID vaccines Wednesday before doses go to waste

Health officials say they had to get more people vaccinated or waste doses

Myrtle Beach, SC (WPDE) The COVID vaccine in South Carolina is opening to nearly everyone. Starting next week South Carolinians 16 and older will be eligible to get the shot. Friday afternoon Governor Henry McMaster announced appointments will be available starting next Wednesday, the 31st. As Nick Papantonis reports for us tonight-based on all the available appointments in the state–…

Mother of Ridgeway teen shot to death says ‘no parent should have to go through this’

The person responsible for his death remains on the loose

Fairfield County, SC (WOLO) –Candles lit, and tears flowing down the faces of family and friends trying to grasp the loss of a life gone too soon. “I  was woke to a call that my son had been shot.” It’s a mother’s worst nightmare, that is now Amber Mullen’s reality. That is how the sheriff’s department says 18 year old…

DHEC says some people are not returning for their second vaccine dose

The agency says if you recieved Moderna or Pfizer, then you are not fully protected until you have gotten two doses

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Don’t wait and just as important, don’t forget to get your second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. That is the message coming from the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC). The health agency says they’ve seen a number of people who are not returning for their second shot which can leave you unprotected. Keep in…

Senate committee settles on official version of SC flag

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO, AP) –  A senate subcommittee has passed a bill that would designate an official state flag. South Carolina doesn’t have a standard design and there are many versions of the iconic palmetto tree and crescent flag. The Family and Veterans Services Committee acknowledged the argument is far from over. More designs are likely to come up as…