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Local News, News, Richland

Uncle Louie’s closing

Rebecca Ball,

Photo: Michael Lee Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–A Vista bar that’s been around for decades says it won’t reopen after restrictions are lifted. Wednesday Uncle Louie’s announced on social media they’re last last call was on March 17th. The bar– like others in the Palmetto State were ordered to close back in March to help fight the spread of coronavirus. The bar…

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“It’s scary”: Number of positive COVID-19 patients in senior living facilities increases

DHEC said nearly 600 staff and residents have tested positive, with 44 deaths as of Tuesday
Tim Scott,

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) –Some of the areas that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus in South Carolina are nursing homes and assisted living centers. The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) say roughly 23% of all deaths related to the virus reported as of Tuesday have been staff members or people living in these facilities. Some…
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Prisma Health launches interactive COVID-19 symptom checker

The website which the first in the state is free to anyone looking to check symptoms, or find testing sites
ABC Columbia Staff,

Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Prisma Health has launched the first free interactive COVID-19 symptom checker in the state. The symptom checker, which can be found on the Prisma Health website, which explains exposure risks for covid-19, provides ways to practice prevention, and will even shows you where to go if you need a COVID-19 test or treatment. So far, Prisma…

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Death certificate analysis finds additional COVID 19 deaths

Rob Dew,

DHEC Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)– DHEC officials say they have conducted a cross-analysis of he deaths reported directly to the agency by medical professionals and the deaths reported to the agency on death certificates. According to the analysis, DHEC says the agency has identified an additional 29 deaths connected to the coronavirus bringing the state’s total death toll to 232. Officials…

Dispute Leads To Fatal Crash
Local News, News, Sumter

Police investigating dispute, fatal crash

Rob Dew,

Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)– Police in Sumter are investigating a Tuesday night dispute that ended in the death of a woman who was hit by a car. A spokesperson for the Sumter Police Department says the incident began around 11:15 near the intersection of Royal St. and Brand St. Investigators say Erica Singeltary, 30, died at the scene after being hit…
Health, National News

Coronavirus raises concerns for supply chains

Automakers, Farmers and even retailers are in crisis mode
CNN,

(CNN) —-The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the supply chain, hitting everyone from farmers to automakers to retailers. But meat processing plants, especially, are in a crisis. Over the past several weeks, a number of major meat suppliers have announced temporary closures as workers fall ill with Covid-19. The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union estimated Tuesday that 20 meatpacking and food processing workers have died so far. The…

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Local News, News, State

‘I’ve never seen anything like this,’ Local animal shelter emptying as quarantine continues

There is some positivity during this pandemic, people at home under quarantine are using this time to adopt or foster a furry companion.
Maria Szatkowski,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — There is some positivity during this pandemic, people at home under quarantine are using this time to adopt or foster a furry companion. This is helping to empty shelters nationwide. That includes local shelter Columbia Animal Services, where a lot of animals have been finding new homes. “This is the first time we’ve seen anything like…

Deliberate Decisions
Local News, News, State

Governor McMaster on reopening SC: The decisions we make will be deliberate

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– At a briefing alongside Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott, South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster addressed plans to reopen the state. McMaster says he hopes to be making some decisions soon on how to reopen the state and rebuild the economy. McMaster said the decisions made will be deliberate and that he does not want to…

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Local News, News, Sumter

Deputies: Search warrant yields drugs, gun, cash

Rob Dew,

Courtesy: SCSO Sumter, S.C. (WOLO)– Sumter deputies say while executing a search warrant at an Alice Dr. apartment on April 23rd officers seized 157 grams of fentanyl, more than 50 grams of marijuana, $8,900 in cash, and a firearm. Investigators say Tyrell Billups, 29, was arrested and charged with several drug charges including three counts of trafficking fentanyl. Tyrell Billups,…

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DHEC updates COVID 19 cases, deaths for SC

Rob Dew,

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–DHEC continued its daily updates on the number of coronavirus cases in the state. According to the agency there are 130 new cases and 11 additional deaths attributed to the virus. That brings the total in the state to 5,881 and brings the death toll to 203. Of the nearly 7,000 hospital beds currently in use, DHEC says…