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Pet Of The Week: Mercy!
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Pet of the Week: Mercy!

Lindsey Goodwin,

Meet our Pet of the Week, Mercy! This sweet lab-pittie mix is 8-years-old, and needs to find her forever home! Mercy is very well-mannered, gentle, and so sweet! You can find her at Pawmetto Lifeline.

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CPD arrest duo accused of trying to sell fentanyl

ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The Columbia Police Department’s Organized Crime and Narcotics Unit have taken thousands of pills authorities believe are imitation fentanyl off the street. Image: Alvin S. Glenn Detention center Police say during a traffic stop in the 800 block of Harden Street officers pulled over 52 year old Loria Ann Leal and 52 year old Eufracio Rodriguez,…
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Hurricane Ian – Florida and Midlands Impacts

John Farley,

Hurricane Ian is expected to make landfall near Fort Myers, Florida, Wednesday afternoon with devastating impacts – wind, flooding rain, flooding from the ocean.  Then the storm will move across Florida and weaken substantially.  We’ll see its impacts on Friday, where we’ll get a wind-swept soaking. The wind will not be strong enough to cause major problems – likely just…

Dhec Offers Free Hiv Testing During "prep Awareness Week"
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DHEC offers free HIV testing during “PrEP Awareness Week”

Lee Williams,

This week is the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s third annual “PrEP Awareness Week. “DHEC finds the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill known as PrEP to be highly effective for the prevention of contracting HIV. “If taken as prescribed either as a pill once a day or as an injectable that you receive every 2 months, PrEP can reduce your chances of acquiring HIV by up to 99 percent,” says Robinson.