A college student who died tackling a gunman at a North Carolina university was posthumously awarded one of the U.S.'s highest civilian honors on Wednesday, the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation announced.
The Hardeeville Fire Department has responded to six medical calls in the last 36 hours. The department expects that number to go up because one third of the population in their coverage zone is the at-risk population of 65 and older.
A Midlands business owner has come up with a way to keep his staff working all while helping to support health care workers in the state. Koss Creative Brands in Columbia is now printing South Carolina “Strong” t-shirts during these uncertain and trying times.
State health officials on Thursday announced two additional deaths related to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus in South Carolina. This brings the state’s total number of deaths to nine.
Officials with the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control have announced clients will now be able to receive their Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Nutrition Program benefits without having to go to the WIC clinic.
The Burton Fire District has been preparing for COVID-19 calls for weeks, but right now they actually say they have so much personal protective equipment they were able to give some away.
Thousands of Lowcountry residents are practicing social distancing and staying at home. But for the most part, there hasn’t been a direct order to do so. The mayor of Beaufort is hoping that changes and that people will shut their doors and shelter in place.
Gov. Henry McMaster, along with state public health officials, will be holding a press conference on coronavirus cases in South Carolina Thursday afternoon.
Wednesday’s new cases brings the total number statewide to 424 cases in 39 counties, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
Warm weather in the Lowcountry goes hand-in-hand with mosquitoes. The pesky insects are known for transmitting disease such as Zika and West Nile Virus.
On Tuesday afternoon, Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman announced the state’s schools will remain closed for the duration of the month of April.
If you are running low on toilet paper and haven’t been able to find any, you might be using other paper products like wipes or paper towels. But the Beaufort Jasper Water Sewer Authority is asking if it comes to that, throw them out and do not flush them down your toilet.
South Carolina State University leaders have announced a mandatory evacuation of residence halls Sunday night. The deadline for students to move out is March 29 at 6 p.m. A post on the university’s Facebook page said three confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Orangeburg County have heightened the threat.
With the Center for Disease Control and area leaders asking the public to practice safe social distance from others, churches are offering drive-in services to keep spirits high.
Eleven days ago, President Trump addressed the nation from the Oval Office to outline a plan to combat the Coronavirus. One measure centered on restricting travel from Europe to the U.S. for 30 days.
South Carolina has received full allocation of medical equipment from the Strategic National Stockpile to help provide supplies for health care providers responding to COVID-19.
Beverage manufacturing, including alcoholic beverages, is also considered an essential operation, and is included under the state’s list of exemptions, according to the SLA.
The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office has been responding to the coronavirus along with every other organization in the county, but that doesn’t mean their other duties have stopped.
The Beaufort County Library System is offering a 30-day temporary card to all county residents so they can utilize digital resources available through the library system.
Beaufort County was one of the first counties in South Carolina to start testing residents for coronavirus. But according to DHEC, those numbers are still growing every day.
Under normal circumstances, you could fill up 21 of these 16-passenger vans full of kids and bring them all to the Boys and Girls Club of Hilton Head. But right now, the club is empty, and the director says they don’t know what’s going to happen when they do reopen.
Popular tourism destinations in the Lowcountry are learning how to deal with their new reality as restaurants in South Carolina operate under the governor’s orders to close dining rooms.
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce said it is working as quickly as possible to help those seeking unemployment benefits as many businesses close during the coronavirus pandemic.
Gold Hill Middle School choir and band students were riding back from a trip to Disney World last week when they learned it would likely be the last job for their charter bus drivers Ron and Rick for a while.
