DHEC encourages everyone to get vaccinated as new variants spread across the U.S.

The former police officer, David Dukes, has since been arrested and charged with first-degree assault and battery.

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is continuing to track confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths.

The University of South Carolina says they are backing out of their previously set policy of enforcing face coverings this coming school year.

Deputies say the body was found in an area on Carpenter Road off Highway 72,