Explosively in the americas. What is this virus and what does it mean in South Carolina . According to the cdc, it is spread through an infected mosquito bite the travel alert comes in because of what gan in brazil has spread to at least 24 countries. There have been no cases of transmission of zika in the u. S. But there has been some cases among returning travelers. Zika may be extra dangerous for pregnant women causing birth defects like the video you just saw. That link has not been confirmed yet. South carolina does have the mosquito that carries the virus but there are no known cases. The best prevention is to, if you are pregnant, consider postponing travel to those areas. Those areas, prevent mosquito bites. Symptoms include fever, rash and a joint pain. 80 of those infected dont show symptoms at all. If this is something you are concerned about 02 our website wltx. Com. Today we saw rain but tonight we see the last of that rain moving out of the midlands. We can see the radar
The columbia chapter and says stand up sunday is meant to raise awareness. If your background check is not complete or if you are just a kid and find an unlocked gun in the house, this is dangerous. This could be a tragedy. Bryant and sullivan took their stand at washington street United Methodist church, one of 1,300 churches participating in the state. Dr. John evans led the service there and hopes the talk will inspire listeners to join in. Were trying to keep things real simple. The first thing is to try to get our state house and our governor to begin to get serious about background checks. Bryant says his son and the other victims lives will not be in vein because theyre now the very reason why change is coming. With this approach, its not only saving one life, but many lives as a result of what happened. Colby gallagher news19 wltx. 3 currently theres a bill in change the waiting period for a criminal background check from three to 28 days. 3 3 it has been a dry and mild weekend
3 3 3 3 3 if you are traveling in the town of lexington early this morning. Here is a road closure you need to be aware of. The city will close the up until 5am today. For landscape maintenance. East bound traffic will be detoured onto east butler street. West bound will be detoured on maiden lane. 3 if you head some loud booms going off in orrangeburg county today, dont worry. The organeburg county Sheriffs Office and sled will perform bomb squad training. You may hear explosives going off. This is happening from 9am to 4pm. At the Training Facility located about eight miles east of bowman. 3 lexingtons state of the town address ius tonight. Mayor Steve Macdougall will discuss the steps taken to provide cleaner water and lower waste in the lower saluda river. This includes closing the Coventry Woods and four other wastewater plants. The state of the town address is at 6 30 at lexington town hall on maiden street. You can also watch the address live at lexsc dot com. 3 3 in columbia. P
Of health and Environmental Control approved the company last year. The facility would be a Crushed Stone plant in the area. In the area. You cant afford to have Something Like that in a mace where people are try in a place where people are trying to make a living. Reporter they are concerned their water and air will be polluted and appealed the decision. We get a lot of shouldnt effect you. Maybe wont effect you. From the beginning we said we want to see numbers. Reporter we reached out to the company the case will be heard ginning on the 16th of february. And given that the case still hasnt been heard and they will make a determination on the case, i think we would refrain from comment till after the hearing. Reporter residents have been fighting since 2014 and to save their neighborhood. Too many adverse side effects. The people wont want it. Reporter janae frazier, news 19 wltx. They man to look into the issues february 16. They will hear from the residents and the quarry to determ
Reporter he implemented blending learning in his classrooms. But he wants to see it everywhere. It is for every student. Reporter she is one of the organizers and says although it seems like a lot it could be done. It combines group work, online work and full class work so class work so you can meet the needs of every student. Want. Those are the people they want. Employers and college and universities as well are asking for those things. Reporter they believe in blended learning and students moving ahead only when they are ready. The next meeting is in march. Back to you. Now, the midlands most accurate forecast with chief meteorologist jim gandy. The rain has moved out of the picture right now but we in fact currently right now the rain has moved into the coastal region. For us cloudy skies. Our temperature 57 degrees. Under calm conditions. There will be a chance for showers late tonight. That is as a disturbance comes in from the north. Cloudy skies tonight. Low of 38 degrees. Tomo