(CNN) – The United States now has the most coronavirus cases of any country in the world with more than 82,000 cases. Still the Trump administration says social-distancing guidelines could potentially relax, as the President works to reopen the country by Easter. Watch the video above for the full report. Categories: Local News, National News, News, Politics
(Courtesy: Columbia Housing) Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Columbia Housing tells ABC Columbia News they will temporarily close their doors to act in with the City of Columbia’s ‘Stay at Home’ order put in place Thursday March 26th, 2020. Columbia Housing says they will shut their doors Monday, March 30th and they will remain close through Friday April 17th,2020 during which…
HOLLY HILL, SC (WOLO) – Two men have been arrested for a deadly shooting that happened just outside of Holly Hill Monday morning. Raynard Gardner, Jr., 21, and Daniel Bell, 24, both of Holly Hill, face a murder charge in connection the deadly shooting. Orangeburg County Sheriff’s deputies found an unresponsive male inside a vehicle parked in the roadway near…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–Starting Sunday Columbia residents are being asked to ‘stay home and stay safe’. Thursday the Columbia City Council passed the stay home, stay safe ordinance. According to the measure, effective 12:01 a.m. Sunday, March 29, 2020 people are asked to stay in their homes and not travel through or congregate in the streets, sidewalks, waterways and public spaces…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO) — Joann Fabrics nationwide are helping to fight the mask shortage for health care workers with a take-home mask kit. “Thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart,” said Prisma Health worker Paula Taylor, who went to pick up a mask kit herself. On Monday, Joann Fabrics entered the fight to combat the current mask…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– On Thursday, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced two additional deaths related to coronavirus. DHEC say this brings the state’s total number of deaths to nine. DHEC State Epidemiologist, Dr. Linda Bell, addressed the cases in Governor Henry McMaster’s Thursday briefing. According to health officials, one patient was an elderly person from Kershaw…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Thursday South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster addressed the state with a Coronavirus update. McMaster says at this time, there is no ‘shelter in place’. The Governor went on to say, if and only if, it becomes necessary to take those steps. And they will know based on data. McMaster says he has “great faith in the people…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Parks in the City of Columbia will be closed until further notice. On Thursday the City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department announced they will close park facilities until further notice to protect citizens and minimize opportunities to spread COVID-19 in our community. Due to the Coronavirus, the City of Columbia Parks and Recreation Department will close…
Sumter County Coroner’s Office say they are investigating a homicide after two bodies were found in a burned vehicle on Monday
The deadline to obtain a REAL ID will be extended until at least September 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
