Red Cross offering Amazon gift card for blood donors this month
The American Red Cross needs your help to give the gift of life. Organizers have blood donation locations set up across the Midlands through the end of February.
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Pentagon: Roughly one out of three military service members turning down COVID-19 vaccine
According to the Pentagon, an estimated one out of three United States military service members eligible to get a coronavirus vaccination have turned it down.
AP: Police: Man shoots at officers, sets fire during standoff
Authorities say police officers have shot at a man who fired at them several times and set his house on fire during a standoff.
SC DEW: Decrease in initial unemployment insurance claims last week
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce reported a decrease in initial unemployment insurance claims for last week.
LPD: Multiple vehicle collision on Sunset Boulevard at Hope Ferry Road
The Lexington Police Department says one person was taken to a hospital after a multiple vehicle collision on Sunset Boulevard.
Muddled promises on opening schools pose political problems for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open amid the coronavirus pandemic. Republicans have seized on confusion surrounding Biden’s goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers’ unions at the expense of American families. His administration…
North Carolina moves to limit out-of-state access to vaccine
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina public health officials are shifting their guidance to improve access to the vaccine for North Carolinians. The new state guidance permitted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allows vaccinators to turn away people who are briefly passing through the state or are coming to North Carolina for the main purpose of getting…
CPD UPDATE: Man accused of scamming victims in construction deal, arrested and charged
Columbia Police need help finding 44 year old Tyron Bethea
The Columbia Police Department says Tyron Bethea has been arrested and charged with obtaining property under false pretenses.
Governor McMaster calls on lawmakers to provide more grants for state college students in need
Governor Henry McMaster is calling on state lawmakers to provide more for the state’s college students in need.
Local soldiers remember serving in Operation Desert Storm 30 years ago
It’s been 3 decades since thousands of american troops deployed to Iraq as part of Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. Some of those soldiers live right here at home as part of U.S. Army Central at Shaw Air Force Base.
