Mary Green
Reporter
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Mary Green reports for the KCRG-TV9 News at 10 p.m. — though you might also catch her at 4, 5, or 6, depending on the day.
Before moving to eastern Iowa, Mary started her career as a multimedia journalist at WFXL in Albany, Georgia, where she covered local government, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even a bit of snow.
Despite being born and raised in Tampa, Florida, Mary is no stranger to the Midwest. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame and loves to cheer on the Irish!
If you see Mary and her dog, a beagle named Chris Bosh, around town, please say hi! You can also reach her at Mary.Green@kcrg.com, or through Facebook or Twitter.
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Data from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control indicates more than 200,000 South Carolinians currently have some form of natural immunity to COVID-19 after being infected during the virus’ most recent surge, beginning in July.
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The South Carolina Senate was supposed to reconvene Tuesday in Columbia to start discussing redistricting.
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Newly released results from a survey of South Carolina teachers found the pandemic is worsening their frustration and discouragement and is contributing to some of them quitting their jobs.
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Victims of cybercrimes in South Carolina have already lost more money so far this year than in all of 2020, according to the FBI.
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Military leaders shared their concerns with Gov. Henry McMaster and South Carolina Department of Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Will Grimsley during the annual Governor’s Commanders Briefing in Columbia.
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The Food and Drug Administration said the number of rapid COVID tests that Americans can take at home is expected to double in the next several weeks.
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South Carolina’s top educator and public health director are both encouraging more school districts to take advantage of an opportunity that can get more quarantined students back in the classroom sooner.
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Drivers moving along some parts of South Carolina’s interstate highways this month may spot a plea from teachers among the many billboards dotting the roadways.
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The growth follows a year in which many students across the country were forced to learn online, and in South Carolina, thousands are sticking with that style of learning.
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For the first time this school year, South Carolina schools can now require students and staff mask up.
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An economist at the University of South Carolina said the federal government is unlikely to shut down Friday at midnight, the deadline by which Congress needs to reach an agreement on funding to keep it open.
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The director of the National Institutes of Health said while booster shots will move Americans closer to the end of the pandemic, they are not enough to finish it if the 70 million currently unvaccinated Americans, including more than 1.7 million South Carolinians, do not receive the shot in the first place.
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Tens of millions of Americans who received the Pfizer COVID vaccine are now eligible for a booster shot, six months after their second dose.
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The number of COVID cases and deaths among South Carolina’s nursing home resident are as high as they have been since a surge last winter.
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The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control said it is too soon to know how much longer South Carolina’s current COVID spike will last or if it may be ending.
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South Carolina educators, school nurses, and pediatricians are calling for state lawmakers to head back to Columbia for a special session as soon as possible to repeal or modify the state law that is stopping schools from enforcing mask mandates.
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Statewide testing shows South Carolina students who have fallen behind the most during the pandemic are the ones who can least afford to do so.
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Earlier this week, the federal government took over the distribution of monoclonal antibodies because of a nationwide shortage, according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
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President Joe Biden said last week that the country has purchased enough doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to make booster shots available for Americans soon.
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A labor law expert from the University of South Carolina said he expects wages and benefits will rise in response to the federal vaccine mandate that President Joe Biden announced last week.
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More children were on ventilators being treated for COVID-19 in South Carolina’s pediatric hospitals on Thursday than at any point in the pandemic.
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Ideally, DHEC said, people should get vaccinated for the flu by the end of October, but doctors recommend some people get it even earlier than that.
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Among the plaintiffs is Able South Carolina, a Columbia-based nonprofit that advocates for disability rights and disability justice and provides one-on-one services.
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The district is on Level Orange which limits capacities in arenas, gyms, and auditoriums.
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A temporary law in the state budget, called a proviso, prohibits schools and districts from using state funding to require masks, at the risk of losing that funding.
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Benjamin said city leaders should prepare for a court battle; he believes they have jurisdiction.
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While July 23 saw the most people receive a first dose in South Carolina since late May, there has not been enough of an increase to be statistically significant.
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The CDC is now recommending even vaccinated people wear masks in areas with high transmission, which includes much of the Midlands, and some places in the US have recently been reintroducing mask mandates, including Savannah.
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The department still recommends unvaccinated people mask up indoors or in crowded, outdoor settings.
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New guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics still recommends families pack a mask for their students anyways and tell them to wear it.
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Two weeks ago, Kelly said there were 19 cases per 100,000 people, and last week, that number increased to 39.