South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, possibly mulling a 2024 White House bid, is making her debut in South Carolina next month — an introductory step in the first Southern state to cast Republican-primary votes for president.
DHEC says more than 90% of coronavirus cases and deaths from the first two weeks of June were among the unvaccinated.
South Carolina’s governor said while getting the COVID-19 vaccine was the right decision for him, other people reluctant to get the shot need to talk to friends, pastors and doctors and decide if it is best for them. Gov. Henry McMaster’s comments Thursday came as statistics show both good news and bad news with the pandemic.
DHEC reports 798 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 414 probable cases and three additional deaths in South Carolina.
Columbia, SC (WOLO) -- The smoke filled air that we've been telling you could be headed this way from the wildfires that continue to burn through more than a million…
SLED released redacted versions of the 911 calls from when Alex Murdaugh discovered the bodies of his wife and son in a home on their hunting property in Colleton County.
Governor McMaster signed the Student Identification Card Suicide Prevention Act, which requires public schools in South Carolina to put the Suicide Prevention Lifeline phone number on student ID cards for students. This applies to public schools for students in grades 7-12, as well as the state's institutions of higher learning.
DHEC reports 474 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths in South Carolina.
(CNN) --- Out West, the extreme heat and dry conditions are only fueling raging wildfires. Right now, there are more than 75 active fires across 13 states burning through more than a million acres.…
Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada will drift across parts of South Carolina this week and could cause problems in people with chronic heart and lung diseases, health officials said.
Officials with DHEC announced they have confirmed at least 54 Delta variant cases in the state. Dr. Brannon Traxler says they are also aware of 542 breakthrough cases, meaning people who have been vaccinated are still testing positive for the virus.
A South Carolina man whose charges were dropped after police body camera footage showed he did not fight an officer who attacked him is suing the city of Rock Hill and U.S Rep. Ralph Norman for defamation.
Three Republican U.S. House members have lost appeals challenging fines for not wearing face coverings on the House floor earlier this year. The U.S. House Ethics Committee released statements noting that U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Ralph Norman of South Carolina had failed in their appeals of $500 fines issued in May.
DHEC reports 462 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and four new deaths in the Palmetto State.
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson says an Orangeburg man pleaded guilty Tuesday to shooting two Cayce police officers in 2017.
(ABC News) --- The Central Midlands Regional Transit Authority is in the fast lane to going green. The COMET bus system has been chosen to get nearly $3 million dollars thanks to a grant from the Federal Transit Administration's Low…
A South Carolina Senate leader says he hopes the process to draw new districts for state House and Senate seats as well as the U.S. House will take less than four months. Sen. Luke Rankin led the first meeting Tuesday of the Senate's redistricting subcommittee.
DHEC reports 230 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and two additional deaths in the Palmetto State.
Investors who lost fortunes in the failure of a multi billion-dollar nuclear reactor construction deal in South Carolina will soon begin to see their portions of a $192 million settlement, under a recently approved distribution. Last week, a federal judge signed off on a plan to disperse the funds among former shareholders in SCANA Corp.
The City of Columbia, SC DHEC & Prisma Health will offer free COVID-19 vaccinations at city operated facilities this month and next month.
