Officials with Tidelands Health say hospitalizations they are seeing from COVID-19 dispels a myth that only elderly people become seriously ill from the coronavirus.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s Federal Bureau of Prisons announced on Tuesday that two staff members at Federal Correctional Institution Williamsburg near Salters have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
At first the voicemail left on Des McFadden’s phone on Monday sounded like a standard business message but then the man on the phone never hangs up. He is heard speaking to someone else, describing McFadden by using the “N” word.
Data released by the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control shows the only nursing home in Kingstree with nearly eight dozen confirmed cases among staff and residents over the past 30 days.
County leaders have issued a “stay at home” order for Williamsburg County residents to stay home except for working or doing business with an essential service.
On Wednesday, nearly five months after the DUI-related crash that killed a 30-year old mother of three young girls, Benjamin Lockliear's preliminary hearing was postponed again.
Two people were displaced following a house fire near Kingstree on Friday morning. According to fire officials, it happened on Greenlee Street at 2 a.m.
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The Williamsburg County Animal Care and Control took to Facebook Thursday to ask for the public’s help in providing medical care for a dog with a severe neck wound.
The National Weather Service dropped a freeze watch for several Lowcountry counties, but a freeze warning remains in place for counties further inland.
There was no immediate threat to people or the environment found at the site of a fire in Williamsburg County that involved two large sheds with herbicides, according to state health officials.
We use cell phones, laptops and tablets daily. The materials Merrilyn Bradley is requesting will allow her students at Kingstree Middle Magnet to grasp the concept of how circuits make all of these devices work.
Authorities said a mandatory evacuation has been lifted in Greeleyville following a fire involving multiple structures, some of which contained herbicides, Thursday night.
Family and friends of the U.S. Postal Service carrier who was shot to death on her delivery route Monday are gathering Saturday for her funeral service.
Dozens of residents in Andrews have placed white bows on their mailboxes in memory of Irene Pressley, their mail carrier who was shot and killed earlier this week.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services announced Thursday counties and zip codes eligible to receive automatic replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits because of losses from Hurricane Dorian.
South Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers are looking for a car involved in a hit-and-run which injured a Hemingway police officer and another person in Williamsburg County Wednesday night.
As of Sunday, school districts across the Lowcountry had confirmed their plans to reopen Monday morning after Hurricane Dorian’s close pass along the coastline.
Hurricane Dorian left more than 200,000 Lowcountry customers in the dark after the Category 3 hurricane skirted the South Carolina coast on Thursday, and some breezy conditions are expected to continue into Friday.
A 4-day work week is the new reality for most teachers in Williamsburg County. The State Department of Education says it’s the only district in the state testing this model.
he woman who served as the Williamsburg County director of emergency medical services claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that she was pushed into resigning from her position and retiring because she is white
Authorities have arrested a 53-year-old Lowcountry man accused of sexually assaulting children for decades. The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office arrested John Dan Cook of Andrews on June 4.
The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Nakiah Hart from Kingstree. She has been missing since May 27 and is believed to be in the Lake City area.
The family of a Williamsburg County man who died in December 2015 reached a settlement in a lawsuit alleging the EMS workers failed to properly get him to a hospital, resulting in his death.
The Williamsburg County Sheriff’s Office is the latest law enforcement agency to warn of a scam in which callers pretend to be deputies urge would-be victims to pay money to prevent a warrant being issued for their arrest.
A teacher in the Williamsburg County School District is enthusiastic that a special Lego set would increase her high school students' exposure to STEM careers. But there's no money in the budget for this Lego robot system, so she's turning to the Donors choose website.
