According to the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, 4,921 South Carolinians filed an initial claim for unemployment last week. That’s a decrease of 124 claims from the week before.
You can celebrate Earth Day by taking a virtual tour of the sky with the South Carolina State Museum!
This Earth Day, the South Carolina Floodwater Commission is planting at least three million tree seeds across the state, as part of it’s Power Plant S.C. project. The project kicked off at the governor’s mansion Thursday morning.
According to the annual State of the Air report, more than 135 million Americans breathe unhealthy air.
Thursday, President Biden is hosting a virtual climate summit with 40 other world leaders. The president announced an aggressive goal of cutting U.S. carbon emissions in half by the end of this decade. The Biden Administration has also been pushing countries to commit to tackling the climate crisis.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says a man has been arrested and charged with pointing and presenting a firearm, following an incident that took place April 13.
The Sumter Police Department says man has been charged following an incident where he used profanity and racial slurs at a Food Lion.
(AP) — A driver in South Carolina is the latest person to be killed by an exploding Takata air bag inflator. Honda said Wednesday that a faulty driver’s air bag blew apart in a crash involving a 2002 Honda Accord in Lancaster County, South Carolina. The company wouldn’t give details of the Jan. 9 crash near Charlotte, North Carolina, nor…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Supporters of making South Carolina the next-to-last state in the U.S. to pass a hate crime law acknowledge they are running out of time in this year’s legislative session. A House-passed bill was sent to the full Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday after Democratic senators asked their Republican colleagues on a subcommittee to hold off on…
COLUMBIA (WOLO): Public school teachers in South Carolina could soon see a $1,000 annual pay raise, after the Senate Finance Committee approved their 2021-2022 budget this week. “We are ecstatic and very hopeful. In a year that has been the toughest of my 23, this would be just a really wonderful gesture.” A $1,000 pay increase in addition to the…
