Officials with DHEC says the chief factor driving the state's coronavirus case numbers are the unvaccinated and young people. Officials say ages 11-20 are now the most likely to test positive, followed by children from newborn to age 10.
DHEC reports 5,152 new cases of COVID-19 and 86 new deaths in South Carolina.
(CNN) --- President Joe Biden is speaking out, firmly defending his decision to withdraw U.S. Troops from Afghanistan. The president spoke Tuesday announcing an official end to the 20 year…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) ---With the recent increase of thousands of daily COVID -19 tests, the Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) says they're aware of the longer wait times at testing sites,…
GRAND ISLE, La. (AP) - Ida caused mass devastation on Grand Isle, a Louisiana town on a narrow barrier island that bore the full power of the Category 4 storm Sunday. About half of the properties in Grand Isle were…
The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two challenges to a state rule limiting the ability of school districts to require masks for students and educators.
DHEC reports 4,343 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 new deaths in the state.
Many Americans and Afghans still remain in Afghanistan after the United States military left the country on Monday.
(CNN) -- The Delta variant is forcing companies, both big and small to delay their return to office plans. many of the tech industry's biggest companies that debated shutting down offices at…
UNDATED (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken says fewer than 200 Americans remain in Afghanistan who want to leave and the U.S. will continue to try to get them out. Blinken says the number of Americans left may be…
Disaster workers from South Carolina are on the Gulf Coast helping with Hurricane Ida relief.
Disability rights groups and parents of children with disabilities want an immediate halt to a South Carolina law banning school districts from requiring face masks, as students across the state begin a new school year amid a renewed rise in coronavirus cases.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says he is joining a group of 19 other states in a lawsuit in the Eastern District of Tennessee seeking to prevent the Biden administration from enforcing unlawful interpretations of federal antidiscrimination laws regarding transgender athletes competing in women's sports.
The Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions. The department’s Office for Civil Rights sent letters to education chiefs in Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah.
DHEC reports 4,205 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death in South Carolina.
South Carolina’s highest court will hear two challenges to the state’s refusal to let school districts require masks for students and teachers this week. The state Supreme Court has set aside two hours to hear the cases Tuesday.
Small towns in South Carolina waiting on $435 million in pandemic relief aid are now one step closer to getting ahold of those funds. The state Department of Administration requested South Carolina’s share of coronavirus recovery money from the federal government Friday as directed by Gov. Henry McMaster, the agency said in a news release.
The rapid rise in COVID-19 cases in South Carolina has the Department of Motor Vehicles changing how it gives road tests for driver’s licenses.
Hurricane Ida kills at least one person in Louisiana and causes over a million power outages in two states.
NEW ORLEANS--Sunday marks 16 years since Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005 Katrina made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana. The category-three storm caused severe flooding to a number of cities,…
