Photo: Elijah Nixon COUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- During a press conference on Sunday South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced that all schools in the state will be closed through the end of the month, effective immediately. This will include Pre-K through high school and colleges, according to McMaster. Officials say all children who rely on school meals will be taken care of…
KERSHAW COUNTY, SC (WOLO)- The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office will be limiting close contact with residents for non-emergency calls in wake of COVID-19. Deputies will start responding to nonviolent and/or non-freshly committed incidents by telephone calls to the complainant. Reports taken over the phone will still be followed up by investigations when necessary. Officials say that these procedures are being…
KERSHAW COUNTY, (SC)- A Kershaw man is being charged with homicide by child abuse in the death of a 10-month-old baby he was babysitting. The incident happened March 9 in the 400 block of Pine Grove Road in Lugoff. Jacob Ray Wescott, 23, was babysitting the 10-month-old boy at the time and was arrested on March 11, said officials. Wescott’s…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-Gov. Henry McMaster recommends that older “at risk” employees work from home to help slow the spread of COVID-19 in South Carolina. Today I have granted state agency leaders maximum flexibility to protect their older “at risk” employees by allowing work from home. Additionally all non-essential work related travel by state employees is now prohibited. https://t.co/Odr8xoSWrn — Gov. Henry…
COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Gov. Henry McMaster has requested that all utilities in the South Carolina not be suspend or disconnect for nonpayment during the State of Emergency. I have requested that all utilities in South Carolina not suspend or disconnect any essential services for nonpayment for the duration of the current State of Emergency. https://t.co/brJnIuonbD — Gov. Henry McMaster (@henrymcmaster) March…
COLUMBIA ,SC (WOLO)- The governor still insists that South Carolinians remain calm after another possible case of coronavirus was announced. Right now DHEC is monitoring more than a dozen people. Eight people may have the virus, but officials are waiting for the CDC to confirm those cases. Two people have already tested positive. Officials say those possible affected are hospitalized…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– DHEC announced on Sunday that four new possible cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus in South Carolina. As of this afternoon, four presumptive positive cases were identified after testing for COVID-19 was completed at DHEC’s Public Health Laboratory. These are in addition to the two presumptive positive cases the agency announced on Friday March 6. That brings…
KERSHAW,SC (WOLO)-Two students in Kershaw County may have been exposed to the coronavirus according to district officials. Officials say the two students, one from North Central High School and one from Camden High School, were interning in the Emergency Room when the patient with possible Coronavirus (COVID-19) was admitted. The students did not have direct contact with the patient. KCSD…
RICHLAND COUNTY,SC (WOLO)- A man driving an ATV died after crashing into a tree Saturday morning. The wreck happened at 9:23 a.m. in the 900 block of Saddlewood Road. Tommy Terrell Jones, Jr.,28, of Hopkins lost control of his ATV, drove off the road and hit a tree, according to Richland County Coroner Gary Watts. Jones was transported from the scene…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) –Prisma Health Richland Hospital in Columbia has confirmed that they’re caring for the patient from Kershaw County with presumptive positive novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Hospital officals say the patient is in a special isolation room that helps keeps our team members and the community safe. “Because of our expertise, Prisma Health routinely treats patients with potentially infectious diseases…
