COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Some good news in the fight against the coronavirus. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster announced on Saturday, that the South Carolina Emergency Management Division received a donation of 100,000 N95 masks from Apple. McMaster says the masks will go to our state’s health care workers and Rirst Responders. Tweets by henrymcmaster Gov. Henry McMaster @henrymcmaster Today…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, on Saturday, announced 144 new cases of the coronavirus, including eight additional deaths. DHEC says this brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in South Carolina to 3,207, and those who have died to 80. According to officials, the additional deaths occurred in five…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — The U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina has announced a Strike Team to combat COVID-19 fraud schemes. Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies are part of South Carolina’s new Strike Team. “We’re working with the state level and the federal level to come together to combine our resources, to make sure we keep…
(CNN) – The United States Postal Service says it will run out of money by September if congress doesn’t step in to help. Postmaster General Megan Brennan is asking for $75 billion to keep the service afloat. The Postal Service isn’t getting money from congress’ $2.2 trillion relief package. Categories: National News, News, Politics
Columbia, S.C., (WOLO)– Locally owned businesses and restaurants are giving back to those on the front line in the fight against COVID 19. The Village Love initiative allows the businesses to provide meals and care baskets to health care workers. The first packages were dropped off Friday at Prisma Health. In the first week the program raised over 200 meals…
(CNN, WOLO) – With locations in South Carolina and across the country closed because of the COVID-19 shutdown, financial analysts think the world’s largest movie theater chain will likely file for bankruptcy. AMC Theaters was already struggling since before locations closed March 16th. Some Wall Street analysts believe the earliest the chain could re-open would be August and predict AMC…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) –Several small businesses have had to close their doors to customers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In the past two weeks, Governor Henry McMaster (R-SC) has ordered most non-essential businesses to close their doors in order to limit the virus’s spread. Some have had to resort to online sales, while others might struggle to re-open…
DHEC Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)–Friday the state Department of Health and Environmental Control announced 274 additional cases of COVID 19 in South Carolina as well as five additional deaths. The new cases bring the state total to 3,065 and the number of deaths to 72. According to DHEC, the additional deaths occurred in three middle-aged individuals with underlying health conditions who…
Columbia City Council and Mayor Steve Benjamin will extend the citywide curfew starting tonight amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Expressing frustration that police officers – charged with enforcing Gov. Henry McMaster’s stay-at-home order during the coronavirus outbreak – are not being told which businesses have been granted permission to stay open, the mayor of South Carolina’s capital city said he was pursuing an open-records request to obtain the information.
