Today's Hits and Yesterday's Favorites
The Pioneer Rural Water District treatment plant has been returned to service after an electric problem yesterday morning disabled the plant for several hours. An outside crew worked throughout to restore services. While the plant was down, Pioneer appealed to its customers to conserve use as much as possible.
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All customers of Pioneer Rural Water are requested to conserve as much as possible while an outside crew fixes an electric failure discovered this morning at the treatment plant. According to Manager Terry Pruitt, the repairs could take several more hours.
Read moreWe’re normally not talking about taxes in the summer, but taxpayers across the nation have until Wednesday, July 15 to either file their taxes or file an extension. Taxpayers who are still short on cash because of the coronavirus should reach out to the IRS to work out a payment plan. The nationwide extension from April to July gave Americans […]
Read moreSaturday, July 25 will be an important date in the continuing impact that COVID-19 is having on South Carolina’s economy. The 25th is to be the last day that the weekly $600 federal benefit can be disbursed in the state, as the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation Program is set to expire. Employers in need of help are likely to be […]
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According to jail records, the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32 year-old Dean Vernon Dreibelbis, Jr. Sunday on multiple offenses. He is in the Oconee County Detention Center on charges of failure to stop for blue lights, reckless driving, operating an unregistered vehicle, speeding more than 25 mph over the limit, two counts of receiving stolen goods and removing the […]
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According to reports, two people were treated at an area hospital after boats collided on Lake Keowee late Saturday night, around 11:45 p.m., near the Fall Creek Landing. According to crews, a bass boat struck a pontoon boat, which resulted in two injured people. Those two victims were transported to a hospital for treatment. The South Carolina’s Department of Natural […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed the state’s first cases of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19. Two children are the first in the state with a confirmed diagnosis of MIS-C, a rare health condition recently recognized to occur in some children and teenagers who have contracted COVID-19 […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) confirmed the state’s first pediatric death associated with COVID-19. The COVID-19-associated death of a child under the age of five from the Midlands region was reported to the agency on July 11. To protect the privacy of the child and their family, no other patient information will be […]
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From Prisma Health Officials: Prisma Health will pilot an 11-hour community testing event – almost three times as long as its usual community testing event – in Seneca on Tuesday, July 14. The community testing event will run 8 a.m. – 7 p.m., Tuesday, July 14, at Blue Ridge Elementary School, at 995 S. Oak Street. Prisma Health’s previous community […]
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) today announced 1,725 new confirmed cases and no new probable cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, 26 additional confirmed deaths and no new probable deaths. There are currently 1,438 hospital beds occupied by patients who have either tested positive or are under investigation for COVID-19, and 177 of those patients are on ventilators. This brings the total […]
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