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No major changes forecast as RNC discusses 2024 calendar

As the Republican National Committee begins formulating its 2024 presidential nominating calendar, one of the key figures in that process said Monday he doesn’t anticipate any major changes to the order of early-state contests. “I have not run into an appetite among committee members to enforce any major changes,” Drew McKissick, chairman of South Carolina’s Republican Party, told The Associated Press. “I think the process we had last cycle served us well. The timeline served us well.”

DHEC: 4,269 new cases of COVID-19, 43 new deaths in SC

DHEC reports 4,269 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 new deaths in the state.

Midlands Strong: Warm, welcoming furniture shop shines through pandemic darkness

CHAPIN, SC (WOLO) - For more than 18 months we have all endured unprecedented hardships; some of us more than others whether its just working from home or losing a job. There are…

Family spokesperson denies report that Alex Murdaugh's gunshot wound was self-inflicted

Prominent Lowcountry lawyer Alex Murdaugh says he was shot in the head on the side of the road just three months after his wife and son were murdered. A family spokesperson denies a report that says that gunshot wound was self-inflicted and is asking investigators to change their report.

SLED opens investigation into allegations of Alex Murdaugh misappropriating funds

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says it opened an investigation into allegations that Alex Murdaugh misappropriated funds in connection with his position with his law firm

DHEC: 3,843 new cases of COVID-19, 51 additional deaths in SC

DHEC reports 3,843 new cases of COVID-19 and 51 additional deaths in the Palmetto State.

SC House redistricting committee to crisscross state

A special House committee working on drawing new districts based on the 2020 U.S. Census is crisscrossing South Carolina this week.

Doctor with Prisma Health discusses COVID-19 safety at outdoor events

With cases of COVID-19 spreading, many outdoor events such as football games or music festivals are still going on. So what can you do to keep yourself safe while still enjoying these events?

DHEC: 3,917 new cases of COVID-19, 99 additional deaths in SC

DHEC reports 3,917 new cases of COVID-19 and 99 additional deaths in South Carolina.

SC House Speaker, other Republicans vow vaccine order fight

Republicans in the South Carolina House plan to meet as soon as they can to figure out how to fight back against President Joe Biden’s order that all larger businesses require their employees be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Coroner: 4 year old struck, killed by car

Columbia, S.C. (WOLO)-- The Richland Co. Coroner's office has released the identity of a child who was struck and killed by a car on Oakland Ave. Wednesday night. The coroner says on Wednesday night Miracle Jeter, 4, was hit by…

Governor McMaster: "The American Dream has turned into a nightmare," pledges to fight after Biden's latest vaccine speech

Governor McMaster signs bill establishing a statewide protocol for response to child abuse cases

Governor Henry McMaster put pen to paper this afternoon to tackle child abuse in the Palmetto State.

Lawyer whose son and wife killed has law license suspended

The South Carolina Supreme Court indefinitely suspended the law license of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh on Wednesday, two days after his law firm said he took money from the business. Murdaugh found the bodies of his wife and son, shot multiple times, at the family’s Colleton County home on June 7. On Saturday, he told police someone shot at him as he changed a tire on the side of a rural road. A family attorney has suggested someone cut the tire before Murdaugh left. State police haven’t commented on the shooting.

Dylann Roof seeks rehearing on church shooting conviction

Dylann Roof has filed the next step in his federal appeal, challenging a court’s confirmation of his conviction and death sentence for the 2015 racist slayings of nine members of a Black South Carolina congregation. Last month, a three-judge panel of the court unanimously upheld Roof’s conviction and sentence, saying the legal record cannot even capture the “full horror” of what he did.