(AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins) Columbia, S.C. (AP)–South Carolina’s oldest and most powerful state lawmaker is currently receiving hospice care after the discovery of what colleagues describe as an inoperable cancer. A GOP senator told The Associated Press on Thursday that Hugh Leatherman’s staff notified a handful of lawmakers the 90-year-old Florence Republican was recently hospitalized after experiencing severe abdominal pain. Leatherman…
Saturday is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day. In the Midlands, you can bring your unused or expired medications to several locations.
The American Association of Nurse Practitioners is honoring the life saving efforts of the University of South Carolina School of Nursing students and staff during the pandemic.
Authorities are investigation after a small plane crashed on the runway at Owens Field Airport this morning. The pilot was the only one involved in the crash, and he has since been transported to the hospital.
Thursday, South Carolinians joined more than one million Americans practicing what to do in case of an earthquake. State emergency officials took part in the Great Southeast ShakeOut earthquake drill.
The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.
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The number of Americans looking for COVID-19 booster shots now exceeds those getting first time vaccinations. The CDC says there are 1.3 times as many booster every day as there are first time vaccinations, and that number could only go up as the CDC Vaccine Advisory Committee meets to make key decisions on booster recommendations.
The House voted Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a longtime ally and aide to former President Donald Trump, in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.
The City of Orangeburg says three children who were reported missing earlier this month were found safe, along with their father, in Memphis. Authorities say their father was arrested for custodial interference.
