Woods goes from interim to permanent Public Safety director
The South Carolina Senate has unanimously approved the governor's nomination of a nearly lifelong member of the Highway Patrol to lead the state Department of Public Safety.
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DHEC: 383 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, two additional deaths in SC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus data as of Monday.
Senate subcommittee discusses universal design of South Carolina state flag
A Senate subcommittee met Tuesday morning to discuss the design of the South Carolina state flag. The flag features a palmetto tree and a crescent on an indigo background, but South Carolina has not had a standard flag design since 1940.
Security officials to scale back fencing around US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Security officials say they will soon scale back fencing that has circled the U.S. Capitol and cut off the entire area to pedestrian and vehicular traffic since a mob attacked the building on Jan. 6. The acting…
SC officials worry unemployed aren't doing enough to find jobs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - South Carolina's unemployment rate continued to drop in January, but the agency is worried people receiving jobless benefits aren't doing enough to look for work. The state Department of Employment and Workforce says the jobless rate…
UPDATE: Two arrested after a man was shot and killed at a Farrow Road convenience store
The Columbia Police Department has arrested two suspects in connection to a shooting that has claimed the life of one man.
DHEC: 310 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, no new deaths in SC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus numbers as of Sunday.
Check your stimulus payment status on the IRS' "Get My Payment" tool
If you are eligible for the next round of stimulus payments, you can check the IRS' "Get My Payment" tool to see when you'll get your money.
Change your smoke detectors as you spring forward this weekend
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- Daylight Saving is this weekend and while many people are focus on changing their clocks as we all get ready to adjust to one less hour and more daylight. Fire officials however say that's not all…
FBI: Anti-mask airline passenger arrested after urinating in cabin
DENVER (AP) - A Colorado man accused of disrupting an Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle to Denver by refusing to wear a mask and then standing up and urinating in the cabin faces a federal charge of interfering with a…
Processing of latest stimulus payments have already begun
WASHINGTON (AP) - Along with daylight saving time, this weekend could bring Americans fatter bank balances. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service say processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun. The aim is to…
Prisma Health says they only received about a third of requested vaccine doses this week
Officials with Prisma Health say vaccine supply continues to limit their ability to get as many shots in arms as possible. Officials with the medical group said they received only one third of the requested amount of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines this week.
Prisma Health moving Tuomey vaccination site to Sumter Civic Center
Prisma Health has moved one of its Midlands mass vaccination sites. Prisma officials say they closed the site at Tuomey Hospital and moved it to the Sumter Civic Center. Officials say the new site will be able to accommodate more patients.
DHEC announces creation of "CARE Panels" to assist with vaccine distribution efforts
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is taking a grassroots approach to allocating COVID-19 vaccines throughout the state. Department officials announced the formation of "CARE Panels" throughout the state Friday.
Is your license suspended? You may be able to reduce or eliminate your suspension time at the DMC next week
The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles wants to help some drivers get back out on the road. Next week is Driver Suspension Eligibility Week.
DHEC: 756 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 10 additional deaths in SC
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control released the state's latest coronavirus numbers as of Thursday.
Set those clocks as we spring forward an hour into daylight saving time Sunday morning!
Get ready to spring your clock forward an hour! Daylight saving time begins 2 a.m. Sunday morning. You'll need to set your clocks forward one hour Saturday night before you go to bed.
SC Secretary of State warns of scam selling bogus "certificates of status" to businesses
South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond is urging South Carolinians to be aware of scams where a fake entity is selling bogus "certificates of status" to businesses.
Biden administration calls crisis at the U.S., Mexico border 'stressful challenge'
(CNN) -- At the U.S., Mexico border, more than 100 thousand encounters and arrests of migrants in just the last four weeks. There are now also a record number of children in Border…
Beer and wine delivery, curbside pickup laws pass SC house
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina House has given key approval to a pair of bills that make it easier to have beer and wine delivered to homes and to pick up alcoholic drinks with curbside service. Both proposals…
