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Updated: Jan. 7, 2022 at 7:45 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Sen. Davis, R-Beaufort, says his bill is “very conservative” while also allowing doctors to give patients suffering from debilitating health conditions like Chron’s, PTSD, and chronic pain.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 8:55 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
South Carolina pediatricians are worried the number of children hospitalized with COVID-19 in the state will soon break records.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 10:03 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Spearman’s last year in office will include combatting the highly-transmittable omicron variant of COVID-19, assisting schools facing instances and threats of violence, and supporting students and teachers with mental health issues.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 11:39 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
The agency says that’s a 67 percent increase from the previous week.
Updated: Jan. 4, 2022 at 9:32 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
The agency is reporting back-to-back days of record-breaking COVID-19 cases on the first two days of the new year after more than 10,000 new cases were reported on Saturday and Sunday.
Updated: Jan. 3, 2022 at 6:25 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
While the beds aren’t full in South Carolina ICUs during the first few days of the New Year, doctors say they are getting worried.
Updated: Dec. 28, 2021 at 6:52 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Doctors on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 at the Medical University of South Carolina are exhausted.
Updated: Dec. 27, 2021 at 6:16 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
These rising wait times come despite staff saying about 15 people were working Monday compared to the four or five who were working in a couple of weeks before Christmas.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2021 at 7:34 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
This Christmas, COVID-19 is the gift that no child is asking to get.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 7:50 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
COVID-19 cases in South Carolina are higher than they have been since October and with Christmas around the corner people are lining up to get tested before seeing family.
Updated: Dec. 22, 2021 at 11:50 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
This holiday season, last-minute shoppers may be at an advantage. Some South Carolina small business owners say they are still getting inventory from vendors days before Christmas that they had hoped would arrive by November or early December.
Updated: Dec. 21, 2021 at 6:41 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
The threat of Omicron, a rise in COVID cases due to increased holiday travel, and other seasonal viruses has South Carolina health officials on guard this winter. However, they hope wider availability of rapid COVID test kits will help keep South Carolinians safe.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 6:25 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
The deadlines for packages sent by USPS Ground and First-Class Mail have passed as have the cheapest FedEx options. However, more limited and expensive options are still available.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 9:07 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Less than five minutes away from where President Joe Biden will be speaking Friday, some South Carolinians are waiting to feel the impacts of a bill he recently signed into law.
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 1:28 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer and Patrick Phillips
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control says all three of the first patients in South Carolina confirmed to be infected with the omicron variant were fully vaccinated but had not received a booster shot.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2021 at 8:03 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Almost 600 miles away from Mayfield, Kentucky, two South Carolina residents are working to help their hometown after tornados turned the city into rubble and killed, injured, and displaced residents.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 10:27 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
According to data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, new COVID-19 cases, along with the percent positive rate in the state have been going up over the last 30 days.
Updated: Dec. 13, 2021 at 5:17 PM EST
|By Patrick Phillips, Michal Higdon and Adam Mintzer
A judge set bond Monday morning for Lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh along with several conditions in connection to 21 new charges filed against him last week.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 7:59 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
The incident happened about four years ago at the Murdaugh family property on Moselle Road in Colleton County, SC.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 4:46 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
More than three times this semester she has called her Mom in distress after hearing of classmates who have taken their own lives.
Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 3:18 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Some familiar faces will be on your TV screens during The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2021 at 3:30 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Tuesday is Election Day across South Carolina.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 2:25 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer
Children ages 5-11 are now eligible to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2021 at 12:44 PM EST
|By Adam Mintzer and Hannah Robinson
A Lexington County elementary school teacher is accused of having weed edibles in her student prize box, according to Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon.
Updated: Nov. 4, 2021 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
According to court records, both men are charged with presenting a false claim for an insurance payment.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 4:46 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer and Nick Neville
The video appears to show one student on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:01 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
This is how it works, according to the South Carolina Elections Commission and the Richland County Elections Commission.
Updated: Nov. 2, 2021 at 11:21 AM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer and The Associated Press
Former lowcountry attorney Alex Murdaugh’s cash and assets have been frozen after a South Carolina judge heard arguments from attorneys in three different civil cases.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2021 at 11:02 AM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
On Saturday, a fundraiser was held for the mother of Stephen Smith, 19, whose 2015 hit-and-run death is now being looked into again.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 10:13 AM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman will not be seeking re-election in 2022.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2021 at 1:39 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
A popular roadside attraction along the North Carolina and South Carolina border is under construction as they remodel.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 5:15 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
“The Satterfield’s and the Murdaugh law firm have reconciled their differences,” said the Satterfield estate’s attorney Eric Bland. Bland said he could not comment further.
Updated: Oct. 22, 2021 at 6:16 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
A teacher at Clear Dot Charter School in Columbia has been fired following accusations of writing the n-word on his class’ board.
Updated: Oct. 19, 2021 at 6:56 PM EDT
|By Connor Lomis, Adam Mintzer and Patrick Phillips
Richland County Judge Clifton Newman presided over the hearing and said when making his decision he considered Murdaugh’s and the community’s safety among other aspects of the case.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 11:33 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Sam Laundon was reported missing the afternoon after a house party in 2020, according to RCSD.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2021 at 7:34 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Wilson says that doesn’t mean all unvaccinated employees will be fired when the clock strikes midnight on Halloween, but they could face consequences and possible termination later in the year.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 9:00 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Medicals records for Alex Murdaugh show that he did have a gunshot wound on his head following the alleged insurance fraud shooting.
Updated: Oct. 15, 2021 at 4:23 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Alex Murdaugh was taken into custody by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division to be charged in connection to the alleged misappropriated settlement funds in his former housekeeper’s death.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 8:28 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Price believes the tension at these meetings is so high right now because national debates, in particular about COVID-19 mitigation, have become localized.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 at 9:07 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
In June, Dr. Christina Melton gave a tearful goodbye to the district she lead since 2017.
Updated: Oct. 8, 2021 at 7:10 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
A South Carolina prison correctional officer can spend up to half of their 12-hour shift locking and unlocking cell doors, according to the agency director.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 6:39 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
The Lexington County Republican Party wants the 2020 election results to be looked at again despite their party’s big wins in the county and state.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 7:43 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
A TikTok video showing a South Carolina man saying he fired more than 40 employees for being vaccinated has been viewed more than 80,000 times.
Updated: Oct. 6, 2021 at 4:57 PM EDT
|By Connor Lomis and Adam Mintzer
The law firm aims to recover money he stole from the firm and clients of it.
Updated: Oct. 5, 2021 at 9:37 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
With scheduled public hearings over for the state senators and representatives, elected officials are getting ready to start to redraw the state’s district maps.
Updated: Oct. 4, 2021 at 8:34 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
“This year has been a different start than normal years because we are not in a normal situation."
Updated: Oct. 3, 2021 at 7:19 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
In a statement on behalf of the Satterfield family, Bland Richter, LLP said a settlement was reached Friday between Satterfield’s estate, Cory Fleming, and the insurance carrier connected to the lawsuit.
Updated: Oct. 1, 2021 at 6:45 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health officials told South Carolinians to isolate, slow the spread, and flatten the curve.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2021 at 7:32 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
The bipartisan infrastructure bill got 69 votes in the U.S. Senate, 19 from Republicans.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 6:13 PM EDT
|By Adam Mintzer
Curtis Edward Smith is accused of dealing opioids to a prominent South Carolina attorney who spent millions on drugs.
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