The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the latest coronavirus data for the state as of Wednesday.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says they are teaming up with the University of South Carolina to lead a year-long initiative looking into COVID-19 infection and immunity. The program is called SC STRONG which stands for Sampling and Testing Representative Outreach for Novel coronavirus Guidance.
You can join the walk to end Alzheimer’s disease this Saturday. The Alzheimer’s Association says the opening ceremony starts at 9 a.m. on their website, and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m.
According to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, two suspects were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the incident on I-85 that caused the death of a Greenville County sheriff.
Check out Wednesday’s Midlands Mugshots.
The Department of Justice has announced an $8 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin.
Clergy from several congregations in the area gathered Wednesday at Reid Chapel AME Church. Organizers held a drive-in vigil to honor victims of gun violence in Columbia.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says a skunk found in Prosperity, SC tested positive for rabies. DHEC says the skunk was located near Seibert Road and Leisure Point Road and was submitted for a rabies test in a DHEC lab on October 18, the test came back positive the next day.
With the stroke of a pen, Governor Henry McMaster held a ceremonial bill signing on Wednesday. The governor was at Riverbanks Zoo for a ceremonial bill signing for native reptiles and amphibians.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Barnwell County Police and Midlands Crimestoppers need the public’s help in solving the murder of Isiah Lynwood Thomas. Authorities say Thomas’s body was discovered on April 13, his 21st birthday, in the wood line on Corley Avenue in Barnwell.
