A growing number of countries have suspended injections of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, to investigate some possibly dangerous side effects. Officials say there have been reports of blood clots, bleeding and even death in a very small number of people who received injections of the AstraZeneca vaccine.
A Senate subcommittee met Tuesday morning to discuss the design of the South Carolina state flag. The flag features a palmetto tree and a crescent on an indigo background, but South Carolina has not had a standard flag design since 1940.
The Sumter County Sheriff’s Office says they arrested a man accused of attempted murder on Friday. Deputies say 24-year-old Tykeem Justice Billups has been charged with attempted murder, assault and battery first degree, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
(Courtesy: Cayce DPS) Khazi CAYCE, S.C. (WOLO) – Cayce Department of Public Safety say a 1-year-old boy who went missing overnight has been found safe. Authorities say they believe Khazi wandered off in the area of the Cayce Cove Apartments on Spencer Place. Multiple law enforcement agencies helped with the search. Categories: Local News Tags: SCNews
WASHINGTON (AP) – Security officials say they will soon scale back fencing that has circled the U.S. Capitol and cut off the entire area to pedestrian and vehicular traffic since a mob attacked the building on Jan. 6. The acting House sergeant-at-arms, Timothy Blodgett, said Monday in a memo to members of Congress that the fencing will be scaled back…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s unemployment rate continued to drop in January, but the agency is worried people receiving jobless benefits aren’t doing enough to look for work. The state Department of Employment and Workforce says the jobless rate dropped to 5.3% in January, down from 5.6% in December, but well above the 2.6% rate in January 2020, before…
The Columbia Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection to a shooting that has claimed the life of one man.
A hospital that serves part of rural South Carolina said it lost more than $8 million last fiscal year in large part because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
More families in South Carolina can begin visiting their loved ones in nursing homes after Governor Mcmaster relaxed visitation guidelines last week.
Air travel in the United States has hit a new pandemic record. The Transportation Security Administration says more than 1.3 million people were screened at airports on Friday.
