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counton2.com —  4+ hour, 34+ min ago

...CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -- State health officials will discuss the importance of immunizations to protect "people of all ages from many different diseases" during an event at the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital on Friday.... ...Allison Eckard, Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases for MUSC, and members with the South Carolina Immunization Coalition (SCIC)....

counton2.com —  2+ hour, 28+ min ago

...CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - A man killed in a motorcycle versus vehicle crash on I-26 Thursday morning was identified by the Charleston County Coroner. Coroner Bobbi O'Neal releases the name of Joshua Hutto III (26), of St. ...

counton2.com —  2+ hour, 39+ min ago

...COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Friday a State Grand Jury has handed down additional indictments against Alex Murdaugh and two associates.... ...Jerry Rivers was indicted for Obstruction of Justice....

counton2.com —  2+ hour, 52+ min ago

...The Douglas County Department of Health based in Omaha, Nebraska, reported Wednesday that doctors believe the child died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a usually fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba.... ...Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, a researcher at the Universidad de La Laguna in the Canary Islands who has studied naegleria fowleri, said Thursday that an increase in infections since 2000 can be blamed on two factors: better knowledge and diagnosis of the disease, and the rising temperature in bodies...

counton2.com —  3+ hour, 6+ min ago

...Karen Sites of Pittsburgh needed hundreds of stitches. She told WPDE-TV she was in waist-deep water on her first day of vacation with her 8-year-old grandson when she was bitten on the arm. "I just felt something, I guess, bite me and there was a shark on my arm," Sites said.... ...While millions of people enjoyed the water, just 47 shark bites were reported at beaches in the U.S. in 2021, according to the International Shark Attack File maintained by the University of Florida. Four shark attacks were reported in South Carolina last year....

counton2.com —  6+ hour, 48+ min ago

...A second man, Alder Alfonso Marin Sotelo, was also charged with murder in the killing of Byrd Thursday, but has not yet been served, according to Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman.... ...Alder Alfonso Marin Sotelo is currently under federal custody in Burke County as of late Thursday night, Freeman said....

counton2.com —  3+ hour, 22+ min ago

..."She'll boss you around," said Luna's owner, Jordan Courtney. Despite standing only 6 inches tall, Luna regular enforcer on her block in Castle Rock, Colorado.... ...Courtney said her mother took Luna outside in the middle of the night on Wednesday, unaware there was an unwelcome visitor near their home. "Then Luna went racing off, barking, and my mom didn't know what she was barking at," Courtney said....

counton2.com —  3+ hour, 18+ min ago

...State Department reissued a travel advisory on Wednesday, recommending that U.S. citizens do not travel to six Mexican states: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. The last state was added this year in the annual advisory.... ...Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement the travel advisory underscores the binational work needed to improve security in Mexico. How secure is a border wall made of shipping containers?. "Without security, there is no prosperity," Salazar said....

counton2.com —  14+ hour, 12+ min ago

...The Charleston Police Department (CPD) arrested the father of one Rich's kids and he was charged with obstruction of justice. Brian Curtis Baker was granted a $100,000 bond after police say he provided false information to them regarding Rich's whereabouts.... ...Once people start posting her on Facebook, she would instantly appear," says Long. On August 18, officers found Rich's car parked at an apartment complex in West Ashley after someone called to report it....

counton2.com —  3+ hour, 30+ min ago

...Paula Froelich, Joshua Eferighe, Evan Lambert, Nichole Berlie. (NewsNation) -- Army recruits at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, may appear to be going through the motions of most beginner soldiers, but they're part of a slightly different crop.... ...To demonstrate, the Army ran "Banfield" senior story editor Paula Froelich through a sample of physical drills potential recruits will go through in the prep course....