COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - The possibility of a mask mandate is on the table for a Richland County school district. The Richland School District Two board voted 6-1 Monday for its attorneys to explore its legal options when it comes…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) - All students and staff in Richland School District One will be required to wear masks in all schools, administrative buildings, and school buses. The Richland One Board of School Commissioners made the decision at a meeting…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- A group of South Carolina Senators want lawmakers to come back to the statehouse for a special session to reconsider a budget proviso that aims to keep school districts from being able to put mask requirements…
West Columbia, SC (Associated Press) -- -A South Carolina pharmaceutical company that has offered covid-19 vaccines since February -- will now require all of its own employees to get the shot.…
Richland Co., SC (WOLO) --- Children here in the Midlands will head back to class in the coming weeks, if they haven't already. While parents and guardians have a list of supplies they want to make sure their children have…
An Upstate high school is starting their school year on a very sad note today, after a 16-year-old student just passed away from COVID-19. The school's staff will be short-handed because a number of teachers, administrators and even bus drivers are out sick with COVID-19.
The South Carolina School Board Association says it is calling on the State General Assembly to empower local school boards and districts to make decisions regarding the health and safety of their school communities concerning COVID-19.
A South Carolina-based pharmaceutical manufacturer that has offered coronavirus vaccines to the public and run thousands of COVID-19 tests throughout the pandemic will now require all of its employees to get inoculated.
DHEC reports 3,177 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 additional deaths in South Carolina.
A new law is now in effect that could give you a ticket if you drive too slow. The so-called "Slowpoke" law fines drivers $25 for continuously driving in the left lane without passing anyone.
The Open Carry with Training Act takes effect today in South Carolina. It allows South Carolinians with a concealed weapons permit to openly carry a gun in public. The new law also eliminates a $50 permit fee.
“The real question is ‘Can the city enforce the ordinance that they wrote?’ That’s something that has to be interpreted by the courts," said State Senator John Scott of Columbia.
On Friday, Governor Henry McMaster released a statement after a lawsuit was dismissed which challenging his decision to turn down the option to participate in federal unemployment benefit programs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This afternoon, Carolina for All and the Alliance for Retired Americans held a celebration for the 86th anniversary of Social Security. Organizers say the survival of Social Security is critical to future generations.
Governor Henry McMaster held a ceremonial bill signing this morning in Greenville on the Open Carry with Training Act, which takes effect this Sunday.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison announced that the South Carolina Democratic Party will receive the first grant in the DNC's "Red State Fund." Officials say this grant will provide $100,000 to fund voter registration efforts ahead of the midterm election in 2022.
DHEC reports 4,478 total new cases of COVID-19 and 20 additional deaths in South Carolina.
Columbia, SC (WOLO) --- The South Carolina Animal Care & Control Association says they are seeing a spike in the number of animals that are being dropped…
A plane had to make an emergency landing on a highway in the Upstate this morning. It happened on Union Boulevard near the Duncan Bypass in Union County.
Officials with Prisma Health say COVID-19 cases are spiking at a much faster rate now than they were between March and July last year. At this time, doctors say Prisma is treating more than 300 cases of COVID-19, with 88% of those cases in unvaccinated people.
