(ABC Columbia/FILE) Governor Henry McMaster COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Governor Henry McMaster continues to make changes in state laws as the state tries to ease worries and combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor is now waiving regulations to allow restaurants to sell beer and wine for curbside pickup and to-go orders only. The change in law still doesn’t change the…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– In a statement on Twitter Saturday, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, asking South Carolina residents to act responsibly. Here is the Tweet/ statement from SC Governor @henrymcmaster “at this time, ordering South Carolinians to shelter in place is not under consideration. If we all work together, act responsibly, and take necessary precautions, lives can be saved now.”…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– According to DHEC, in order to help healthcare workers responding to COVID-19, the state requested and has received its full allocation of medical equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile. According to the department it received 55 pallets in the initial shipment which includes N-95 masks, face shields, surgical masks, gowns, and gloves. DHEC says members of the…
UofSC/Twitter Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– According to a spokesperson for the University of South Carolina, the university was made aware Friday night that a student living in a residence hall on campus tested positive for COVID-19. UofSC officials say under the direction of DHEC, the student and 17 other residents of the building are in quarantine pending further investigation. UofSC says…
CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) — Half of the U.S. women’s football team, as well as a total of 89 Americans, arrived in Joint Base Charleston early Saturday morning to escape from Honduras’s closed borders. According to a press release, the other half of the football team will arrive at Joint Base Charleston later today. The women’s football team was doing charity…
image courtesy USC COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)-One student living in a residenCe hall on USC’s campus has tested positive for COVID-19. Under the direction of the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control, this student and 17 others residents of the building have been placed in quarantine, according to University officials. Others who may have come into close contact with the individual…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster has issued an executive order requiring all non essential state employees to stay home from work. It went into effect Friday, March 20. The Governor, in the media briefing Thursday, said “they can and should work from home”. McMaster also ordered all public university presidents in South Carolina to determine which of…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The American Red Cross says there’s a critical need for blood donations, as drives are canceled because of coronavirus. “We are in an extreme situation. We’ve had 70 cancellations, which represents over 2,000 units of blood that we’re not collecting,” said Rebecca Jordan, Executive Director of the Red Cross of Central South Carolina. “So that is a…
(WOLO) – Two teenagers have been arrested for the murder of a Sumter man in February. Jameek Kelly, 17, and Traquan Jones, 19, both face a murder charge for the death of a man found inside his home on Seilder Drive on Feb. 20. The victim was Maurice James, 27. According to a news release Friday evening, multiple witnesses told…
(WOLO) – Two more people in South Carolina have died after contracting coronavirus, according to DHEC. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported the state’s second and third deaths related to COVID-19, Friday night. Tonight, two more South Carolinians have succumbed to COVID-19. Please join me in praying for their families and for their communities for their…
