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,…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- The Columbia Police Department has arrested a man accused of breaking into several homes the South Columbia area. Authorities say 51 year old Gregory Williams was arrested after running from…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Three Lexington Two schools are moving temporarily from in-person classes to remote learning. On Friday, Cayce Elementary students and teachers began remote learning. They are set to return to campus on…
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)-- Local health officials across the Midlands are sounding the alarm, and pleading with South Carolinians to get vaccinated. On Friday, officials from Prisma Health, Lexington Medical Center, and MUSC Columbia stressed…
Greenville, SC (WOLO) --- A Simpsonville man is facing up to 20 years in prison if he is convicted of accusations that allege 40 year old Landon Gibson solicited…
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - American forces working under heightened security and the threat of another attack are racing to complete the evacuation from Kabul's airport, the day after a suicide bombing at the gates wrote a devastating final chapter to…
Lexington Co., S.C. (WOLO)--Thursday Lexington District Two announced Cayce Elementary would shift to e-learning. Friday two more schools in the district were added to the list. Students at Northside Middle and Pine Ridge Middle will shift to virtual lessons from…
Gilbert, S.C. (WOLO)--A Midlands elementary school in Gilbert is shifting to e-learning starting next week. Friday Centerville Elementary School in Gilbert sent a letter to parents informing them of the change that will last…
Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- Friday DHEC announced the third most COVID cases in one day since the pandemic began. The agency reports of the more than 41,000 most recent tests 6,697 were either confirmed or probable cases of the virus. That…
CAYCE, SC (WOLO)-- Friday, students and teachers at Cayce Elementary began remote learning. Lexington District Two officials said the temporary move will last two weeks with students tentatively scheduled to return to class Thursday, September 9. District officials say the decision…
LEXINGTON, SC (WOLO) - A standoff between the Lexington Police Department and a barricaded man has ended after more than 12 hours. BREAKING - After over twelve hours of both the LPD and @LCSD_News Crisis Negotiations Teams attempting to talk…
(AP) WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. Roughly 3.5 million people in…
