COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control Tuesday, reported 1,168 new confirmed cases of coronavirus and 52 additional deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of confirmed cases to 93,604 and confirmed deaths to 1,774 statewide. Health officials say the total number of individual test results reported Monday was 6,389 and the percent positive…
Courtesy: CPD Columbia, S.C. (WOLO, AP)– A suspicious substance that police say protesters threw at them during demonstrations in may turned out to be water and antacid Police Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons said the FBI confirmed the contents of the water bottles. Prior to the test, protestors said the mixture was water and baking soda used to lessen the effects…
Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– The State Department of Revenue has released its final report on its audit of Richland County’s Penny Tax program. According to the audit obtained by ABC Columbia through a Freedom of Information Act request, the county had more than $32 million in ineligible expenses related to the tax. The ineligible costs include more than $1 million…
(Courtesy: Prisma Health) Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– Prisma says it will no longer move its testing sites around. Officials say their research found that people were more likely to get tested based on their own health rather than where the testing site was located. Beginning this Saturday Prisma will host a testing site at the Department of Consumer Affairs building on…
Courtesy: Pawleys Island Police Dept. Pawleys Island, S.C. (WOLO)– Tuesday morning police on Pawleys Island asked people to avoid the island if at all possible. Police say the storm blew a fair amount of debris onto area roads and certain areas were not accessible. Pawleys Island PD tweeted, “We have a fare amount of debris on the roadway. We are…
Highway Patrol says one person has died after a fatal collision Monday night in Calhoun County.Troopers say it happened at 9 p.m.
Image: Santee Cooper (Associated Press) — Santee Cooper Utility will freeze rates for all residential, commercial, and lighting customers starting this month through December of 2024. The freeze is part of a settlement agreement with customers in a class- action lawsuit over costs associated with the failed V.C. Summer Nuclear Expansion Project. The utility says it will manage any increased…
Fairfield County deputies say one person was killed in a shooting at a large gathering early Sunday morning.
NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, SC (AP) – Coastal shops and restaurants have closed early and both residents and tourists have abandoned the beaches as a newly restrengthened Hurricane Isaias speeds toward the Carolinas. The U.S. National Hurricane Center expected the storm to hit land later Monday night. Isaias was upgraded again to a hurricane Monday evening with maximum sustained winds of…
UofSC/Twitter Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Students with the University of South Carolina are back after ending last semester early during the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic here in South Carolina. As they return to campus, and classes, Mayor Steve Benjamin and Dr. Bob Caslen release a video reminding students to take precautions to keep themselves COVID-19 free by continuing to…
