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.
South Carolina authorities have dropped criminal charges stemming from a fatal 2019 boat crash against a member of a prominent legal family after he and his mother were found shot dead earlier this year.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and Prisma Health are joining the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in their recommendation that pregnant women get vaccinated against COVID-19.
A South Carolina man accused of tattooing a juvenile in a fast-food restaurant has been arrested and is facing charges, police said.
DHEC reports a total of 3,155 new cases of COVID-19 and 12 deaths in South Carolina.
Kershaw Co., SC (WOLO) -- A 22 year old man sits in the Kershaw County Detention Center awaiting bond after turning himself into authorities Wednesday August 11, 2021. According to authorities,…
DHEC officials say they are now recording the second highest rate of daily cases since the pandemic began.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson entered his response to a lawsuit filed by a University of South Carolina professor over Wilson's opinion that a university mask mandate violated state law.
DHEC: 2,560 new cases of COVID-19, 15 new deaths in SC.
DHEC says the number of South Carolinians who lost their lives to COVID-19 is now past 10,000.
Democrats pushed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution through the Senate early Wednesday on a party-line 50-49 vote.
As students head back to school this month, the South Carolina Department of Public Safety is reminding drivers to be on the lookout for kids near school zones and bus routes.
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says they are continuing to see reports of free-ranging, non-native black and white tegus. According to SCDNR, all black and white tegus and hybrids must be registered by September 25.
