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Governor McMaster has received some backlash behind his response to COVID-19 and some of the executive orders that were put in place. Now members of the Senate are reviewing the governor's powers when it comes to a state of emergency. → Read More
South Carolina lawmakers were back at the State House Wednesday afternoon. → Read More
South Carolina lawmakers were in Columbia Tuesday to pick up discussion on important items that have been put on the back burner because of COVID-19. → Read More
Coronavirus hit the auto industry hard. As factories shut down new car inventories dried up, leading more buyers to the used market. NBC's Susan McGinnis reports. → Read More
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – According to housing experts, evictions are on the rise in South Carolina, and there may be a wave of them coming soon. Eviction moratoriums at the state and federal level have kept a lot of people in their homes since the start of the pandemic. An order from the Centers for […] → Read More
FLORENCE, SC – Coastal Carolina University police charged a man with having a firearm on campus after an officer said he saw a rifle the man’s car. Keyon Burns, 19, of Bluffton, who is not a student, according to the police report, drove past a guard shack at University Place without stopping just after midnight […] → Read More
COLUMBIA, SC (WCBD) – Thousands of South Carolinians are still filing for unemployment and it’s one of the biggest barriers in way of the state making big strides towards recovery. Federal unemployment benefits that were part of the CARES Act have expired. Now South Carolina lawmakers are reviewing the options on the table to continue […] → Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A call was put out on Thursday for paid extras to appear in season two of Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks.’ The series begins filming season two in Charleston on August 31. According to the casting director, the greatest need will be for teens and young adults, however “there will be plenty of […] → Read More
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (FOX 46) – Happy 116th birthday to Miss Hester Ford! FOX 46 Charlotte captured the moment Hester turned 115 last year when she had a party at Beatties Ford Road Library with her family. Hester was born in Lancaster County, South Carolina, and went on to have 12 children with her husband, and […] → Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – One of the industries that was hit the hardest by COVID-19 is the tourism industry, which includes all of the attractions we love, restaurants and hotels we like to frequent on the coast and our state parks. When the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in the state the tourism industry […] → Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina still ranks pretty low for the state’s COVID-19 testing capacity. There has been improvement since the first outbreak of the virus, but a special group of lawmakers want to set those goals even higher. Some senate groups are taking a look at some recommendations that they hope the state […] → Read More
Health officials and lawmakers say the state needs to be testing more. → Read More
A man faces multiple charges after he reportedly broke into his parents' home and stole items last month. → Read More
Anderson County Sheriff's Office officials said one of their K-9's shot Tuesday night while helping to track two suspects died Wednesday. → Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – COVID-19 not only had a negative impact on the economy and education in the state, but it has also had an impact on a health crisis the state was already dealing with, opioids. Isolation and lack of access to health care are just two reasons the coronavirus pandemic is having an […] → Read More
South Carolina reported 1,295 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 44 additional confirmed deaths Thursday. → Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina state agencies are putting their efforts into overdrive to find children they are considering COVID truant, students that districts have not heard from since March. The State Department of Education is still working to locate more than 3,000 South Carolina students. When school closed in March, districts lost contact […] → Read More
COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) – The drama continues over Governor Henry McMaster announcing a more than $30 million commitment to private school education. Wednesday, in Orangeburg County, a circuit judge heard the arguments for and against the spending. South Carolina received $48 million as part of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief fund.$32 million of that would […] → Read More
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Protests are continuing across the country as many demand criminal justice reform. South Carolina lawmakers are looking at what can be done to prevent a death like George Floyd’s or Breonna Taylor’s. The committee held a meeting Tuesday afternoon where members learned more about the state’s shortcomings in criminal justice. The […] → Read More
Several people were hurt Tuesday afternoon when lightning struck a tree at an alpine coaster in Avery County, North Carolina. → Read More