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Mandatory legislator quarantine sought after SC session
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina lawmaker is seeking a “mandatory quarantine at home” for all state legislators following this week’s special session amid the coronavirus outbreak. Noting that he supports the decision for lawmakers to hold the one-day session Wednesday, state...
Virus deaths at 40 in South Carolina; infections pass 1,900
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's death toll from the coronavirus has risen to at least 40, state health officials said Saturday. The state Department of Health and Environmental Control reported that confirmed infections statewide have exceeded 1,900. Charleston County had more than 270 confirmed...
SC state police receive accreditation and high honor
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's state police agency has again been accredited by a major law enforcement organization. The State Law Enforcement Division said it was also given an extra award by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies Inc. CALEA gave the state agency its...
Some Democrats say SC Legislature meeting is unsafe
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are coming back to the Statehouse for a day next week, but not everyone is happy the Republican dominated House and Senate will be in session as the coronavirus spreads. “What kind of message are we sending when we try to get 170 legislators and staff...
SC gov directs officials to release virus cases by ZIP code
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster has directed South Carolina's health department to begin publicly disclosing confirmed COVID-19 cases by ZIP code, a level of information specificity the agency had previously said was not necessary in efforts to temper the outbreak. “We want the people to...
SC prosecutors: Deputy took bribes to protect gamblers
FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A deputy in South Carolina took money from illegal gamblers for five years to protect them from the law and kept feeding them information after the payments stopped, authorities said. Former Florence County Sheriff's Lt. Mark Edward Fuleihan was arrested Thursday, the state Attorney...
SC House and Senate to come back for one day next week
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House and Senate plan to return for one day next week with a limited agenda of passing a resolution allowing state government to continue to spend money if a new budget isn't passed by July 1. Both chambers then plan Wednesday to pass a resolution laying out what...
Deputies: Bulletproof vest charity CEO charged with rape
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The founder of a charity that provides bulletproof vests for police departments who can't afford them was arrested and charged with incest and rape, authorities said. Michael Allan Letts sexually abused a relative from the time she was 10 until she turned 17, Richland County deputies...
SC health officials defend limited COVID-19 data release
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — As businesses considered nonessential close across South Carolina to fight the coronavirus, state health officials are coming under increased scrutiny over information it isn't gathering or releasing about the spread of the virus. For a brief time last week, the Department of Health...
Gov orders non-essential SC businesses closed amid outbreak
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Henry McMaster has ordered the closure of non-essential businesses in South Carolina, his latest in a stair-step escalation of measures aimed at quelling the new coronavirus outbreak. The order, announced by the governor during a news conference on Tuesday, takes effect Wednesday...
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