Author: ABC Team

Inmate tests positive for COVID-19 at Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center

Courtesy WCIV CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office reported that an inmate at the Sheriff Al Cannon Detention Center tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. According to a press release, the inmate had been in the facility for around three weeks on a Family Court bench warrant, which resulted in a sentence of 90 days or $1,200. Captain…

Trident Medical says thank you for restaurant donations

  CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Restaurants and other businesses have been donating anything they can to the healthcare workers on the front lines of COVID-19. Now, Trident Medical Center and other hospitals, doctors and clinicians want to thanks for thinking of them and all the help they’ve gotten in response. “Kindness and goodness are two qualities that describe the Lowcountry…

Gov. McMaster’s executive order activates SC National Guard and protects first responders

by Tony Fortier-Bensen/WCIV

Lt. Col. Paul Felician, the Battalion Commander of the 641st Troop Command, addresses National Guard Soldiers and Airmen in preparation to potentially respond to COVID-19. (Wisconsin National Guard photo by Spc. Emma Anderson) On Saturday night, Governor Henry McMaster issued an executive order that activated the SC National Guard, gave emergency powers to DHEC and gave first responders protection towards…