Nick Reagan

The family of Ian Hernandez held a vigil for the 6-year-old boy Wednesday night. Hernandez was killed after getting caught in a rip current off Folly Beach on Sunday.The boy was pulled from the water by one of several people who jumped in to try and save him.

Landlords can no longer evict people for failing to pay rent if their tenant was impacted by the coronavirus. That comes as welcome news for people like Pamela Martin, who did not know about the moratorium on evictions until today.

States that opt into the program will see a $300 or $400 boost to weekly unemployment benefits. Each state has to apply for the aid that is administered via a Lost Wages Grant and approved by FEMA before any money is distributed.

Administrators, staff and cadets at The Citadel are gearing up to welcome back the core of the academy this weekend when sophomores, juniors and seniors set foot on the neatly trimmed grass of Summerall Field.

While businesses are still trying to figure out how to operate amid a global pandemic, small distilleries are a relatively new industry in America and are particularly susceptible to uncertainty.

Mayor John Tecklenburg toured downtown businesses along King Street on Friday to see how shops are handling the coronavirus and to see what suggestions owners may have.

Coronavirus cases are quickly taking over hospitals and health facilities. MUSC’s Intensive Care Unit beds are near capacity, 37 percent of in-patients at Roper St. Francis Healthcare are COVID-19 related and at Trident Health nearly a quarter of the ICU beds are occupied by coronavirus patients.

There is now an extra layer of protection recognition for businesses called the Palmetto Priority.

With so many major fireworks displays canceled plenty of people are now looking to make their own fireworks shows at home.

Wednesday morning’s graduation ceremony at Ashley Ridge High School will surely be one the school and the Class of 2020 won’t ever forget.

The group's primary focus is to end racial disparity in the legal system, but as of last week they began offering free representation at bond hearings.

While we know the federal unemployment rate, we do not have the latest number for the state.

Through the federal CARES Acts, South Carolina is offering child care vouchers in order to keep essential employees at work. The state will use a portion of the $63 million provided by the federal government to fund the vouchers.

A Mount Pleasant family is celebrating the birth of triplets while being cared for by a nurse spending what should have been her honeymoon caring for new mothers at MUSC.