The presser is expected to start at 11 a.m. on Wednesday at the statehouse. McMaster will be joined by Senate President Harvey Peeler, House Speaker Jay Lucas, and others.
Charleston City Council has passed a set of additional emergency measures to protect the community against the spread of COVID-19. Those additional measures include increased penalties, 50% capacity in bars and restaurants, and no amplified music after 9 p.m.
Officials with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said it began at 5:30 p.m. when deputies attempted to stop a car for a narcotics investigation in the 1000 block of Old Back River Road off of Howe Hall Road.
The NAACP branches in Georgetown and Andrews are concerned about school reopening plans in the Georgetown County School District. The branch is pushing for virtual learning.
In addition to protecting the public, officers also are trying to protect themselves from getting the virus. For Lowcountry cops, wearing masks became the norm when COVID-19 started spreading.
The petition, organized by the Carolina Youth Action Project, demands “the Charleston County Council and School Board defund and remove police from Charleston County Schools.”
Officials with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said 19-year-old Damayjhon Quintez Gadson, was arrested on Monday by US Marshalls in Evansville, Indiana. He was wanted for a double homicide in June in Cross.
Charleston city leaders are scheduled to discuss implementing additional safety measures to protect the community from the continuing spread of the coronavirus, including a $500 fine for repeat violations of the face covering ordinance.
Charleston Police are trying to identify three people they say are connected to the theft of a victim’s wallet from her purse and the use of her stolen debit card.
President Donald Trump praised law enforcement officers, including a Berkeley County Sheriff’s deputy, during a Monday roundtable meeting at the White House.
The City of Folly Beach has been planning to expand its paid parking since 2015, and city council could authorize that plan during its meeting Tuesday afternoon.
All four Roper St. Francis hospitals have suspended elective surgery at their facilities as the influx of COVID-19 patients presents staffing challenges.
State Superintendent Molly Spearman said on Monday that the decision to reopen South Carolina schools will be not be swayed by pressure from the federal government.
The study, which was put together by Survival at Home, is based on geotagged Twitter data that tracked anti-mask tweets and hashtags over the past 30 days.
A MUSC doctor says two children in South Carolina who were diagnosed with a rare condition linked to COVID-19 have recovered. The condition is called Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in children known as MIS-C.
The announcement was made by state park officials on Monday afternoon and requires visitors over the age of 2 years old to wear a mask in any state park facility staffed by employees or where the general public may congregate.
Educators like E.C. Setser, who’s a gifted and talented teacher at Charles Pinckney Elementary, says now in addition to dealing with the summer slide she along with other teachers are worried about tackling “the COVID slide.”
The Williamsburg County Schools superintendent predicts her district will not have a regular school year as educators continue to plan around the coronavirus pandemic.
With predictions for a busy hurricane season this year, the American Red Cross is looking for volunteers who can be ready to help if a storm should threaten the Lowcountry.
The wife of a French bus driver who was beaten to death after he asked four passengers to wear face masks aboard his vehicle called Saturday for "exemplary punishment" for his killers.
After Charleston city leaders introduced plans for new parking near the historic Angel Oak, the city has received numerous calls from people wanting to make sure the entire preserve is protected during the lot’s construction.
Leaders in Dorchester County say they have outgrown their current emergency operations center and are planning a new facility about seven times the size of the current one.
The Charleston Fire Department’s newest fire station, being built next to the site of a deadly fire that killed nine city firefighters, is almost finished.
Following his autopsy, lawyers for Weatherspoon's family released a statement saying they hope the public and anyone involved to fully cooperate with agencies investigating his death.
Students applying for freshman admission to the University of South Carolina’s Columbia campus will not have to submit standardized SAT or ACT test scores for the 2021 spring, summer or fall terms.
Kinley Johnson spent her Saturday handing out food, water and masks to those less fortunate. Her grandmother and mother helped, but the idea was all Kinley’s.
he South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed the state’s first pediatric death associated with COVID-19 on Saturday.
Health officials reported the second coronavirus cluster, considered five or more cases, in Mecklenburg County at Heaven’s Angels Childcare Center in north Charlotte on Tuesday.
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.
Police say these individuals are advising that the Summerville Police Department has a warrant for their arrest and if you do not pay a requested fine, funds from your bank account would be seized.
Volunteers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Salvation Army will be joined by police personnel to hand out food boxes to those in need.
AccelerateED guidelines stipulate any district located in a high incidence rate area for COVID-19 stay home. Based on recent DHEC data, Richland One would not qualify for reopening under that recommendation.
