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Lowcountry LGBTQ+ advocates talk political climate ahead of pride month
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - While Lowcountry members of the LGBTQ+ community say the passage of a recent law restricting care for transgender youth is troubling, they are trying to not let it affect the spirit of pride celebrations this June. Lawmakers called House Bill 4624 the “Help Not Harm” Act....
South Carolina man pleads guilty to first-degree murder in Virginia police officer’s shooting death
WISE, Va. (AP) — A South Carolina man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the shooting death of a police officer in western Virginia in 2021. Michael Donivan White, 36, of Cross, South Carolina, entered the plea Thursday in Wise County Circuit Court on the amended charge related to the death of Big Stone Gap […]
SC’s first inpatient pediatric rehabilitation unit to open in Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - For kids and teens who suffer life-changing conditions, like brain and spine injuries, substantial care is needed to get them, literally and figuratively, back on their feet. But for years, their options to receive this type of specialized care have all required them to travel out...
We are Family provides safe space and mental health programs to LGBTQ+ youth
This month, We are Family hosts the Queer Adult Prom during Park; (inset) Domenico Ruggerio has been the nonprofit’s executive director since 2021. This spring, Thomas Engel Hart, son of We Are Family (WAF) founder Tom Myers, dropped into the Closet Case thrift store to donate clothing. “Thomas is royalty here,” laughs the nonprofit’s executive director, Domenico Ruggerio. The encounter highlights the multigenerational impact that We Are Family has made since its 1995 inception. As the father of a gay teen, Myers saw a need for LGBTQ+ youth to find community and belonging, so he gathered volunteers to distribute pamphlets spreading messages of acceptance and understanding. Three decades later, that need still holds. And what began as a small show of support has since grown into the oldest LGBTQ+ youth organization in the state.
Allegiant begins seasonal flights to South Carolina and Florida from NCWV airport
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WDTV) - Allegiant has announced the start of their seasonal service from the North Central West Virginia airport to South Carolina and Florida with the flights beginning Thursday and Friday. The nonstop flights will go to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and Destin/Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The South Carolina...
Ribbon cutting celebrates opening of SC's first pediatric rehabilitation facility
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Prisma Health celebrated the opening of South Carolina's first inpatient pediatric rehabilitation unit with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Before this new unit in Columbia, the closest centers offering such specialized care were in Atlanta and Charlotte, making it difficult for children to receive necessary treatment. “To see...
The state’s 1st inpatient pediatric rehab unit opens at Prisma Health Children’s Hospital
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The state’s first inpatient pediatric rehabilitation unit will open on Monday — and doctors say it was 11 years in the making. Senior Medical Director for Prisma Health Children’s Hospital, Dr. Caughman Taylor, says the need for the new inpatient rehab unit came from children with traumatic brain injuries having to leave South Carolina to get the care they needed.
South Carolina Supreme Court race down to 1 candidate after 2nd judge withdraws
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — South Carolina’s highest court is poised to have a woman on the bench again. Court of Appeals Judge Letitia Verdin is set to become the state’s next Supreme Court justice after her only remaining opponent in the race, Court of Appeals Judge Blake Hewitt, withdrew Thursday. His exit comes just days […]
Pee Dee governments get millions in infrastructure grants from South Carolina Office of Resilience
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WBTW) — Several local governments in the Pee Dee have been awarded millions of dollars worth of infrastructure grants for stormwater and drainage improvement, the South Carolina Office of Resilience said Friday in a news release. Darlington County was granted $8.2 million for drainage improvements on Chestnut Street, while the city of Marion […]
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