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| December 17, 2020 at 9:46 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 9:47 PM WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the latest prominent Republican who said he will get the COVID-19 vaccine. Vice President Mike Pence will be vaccinated on Friday. McConnell told reporters he will also receive the vaccine in the coming days. The Kentucky Republican is hoping he can set an example and encourage other Americans to have the shot. As a polio survivor, McConnell says he is a big supporter...

|December 17, 2020 at 10:04 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 11:53 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With winter break just days away for Lowcountry students, districts are making decisions about where those students will attend class after the new year. Some districts have announced they will temporarily return to all-virtual learning when classes resume in January. So far, Berkeley, Dorchester District 2, Colleton, Orangeburg and Williamsburg County schools are all temporarily going fully virtual a...

| December 17, 2020 at 9:46 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 9:47 PM WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is the latest prominent Republican who said he will get the COVID-19 vaccine. Vice President Mike Pence will be vaccinated on Friday. McConnell told reporters he will also receive the vaccine in the coming days. The Kentucky Republican is hoping he can set an example and encourage other Americans to have the shot. As a polio survivor, McConnell says he is a big supporter...

|December 17, 2020 at 10:04 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 11:53 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With winter break just days away for Lowcountry students, districts are making decisions about where those students will attend class after the new year. Some districts have announced they will temporarily return to all-virtual learning when classes resume in January. So far, Berkeley, Dorchester District 2, Colleton, Orangeburg and Williamsburg County schools are all temporarily going fully virtual a...

|December 17, 2020 at 10:04 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 11:53 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - With winter break just days away for Lowcountry students, districts are making decisions about where those students will attend class after the new year. Some districts have announced they will temporarily return to all-virtual learning when classes resume in January. So far, Berkeley, Dorchester District 2, Colleton, Orangeburg and Williamsburg County schools are all temporarily going fully virtual a...

|December 14, 2020 at 8:37 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 8:38 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A fundraiser to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank raised money that will help families in need put food on the table during the holidays. Live 5 News and iHeart Radio partners worked together in the “Hope for the Holidays” campaign and raised $87,951. The Joye Law Firm was one Lowcountry business that also contributed. The firm presented a $3,000 check Monday. “We know that 2020 has been a rough ye...

|December 14, 2020 at 8:37 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 8:38 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A fundraiser to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank raised money that will help families in need put food on the table during the holidays. Live 5 News and iHeart Radio partners worked together in the “Hope for the Holidays” campaign and raised $87,951. The Joye Law Firm was one Lowcountry business that also contributed. The firm presented a $3,000 check Monday. “We know that 2020 has been a rough ye...

|December 14, 2020 at 8:37 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 8:38 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - A fundraiser to benefit the Lowcountry Food Bank raised money that will help families in need put food on the table during the holidays. Live 5 News and iHeart Radio partners worked together in the “Hope for the Holidays” campaign and raised $87,951. The Joye Law Firm was one Lowcountry business that also contributed. The firm presented a $3,000 check Monday. “We know that 2020 has been a rough ye...

|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state. Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday. MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to ...

|December 14, 2020 at 5:34 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 7:37 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Hospitals across the Lowcountry are making their plans to begin vaccinating their health care workers as the state’s doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in the state. Roper St. Francis Health and MUSC both announced will begin vaccines Tuesday. MUSC has not said how many doses it is expecting or how many staff members they expect to inoculate. But the first doctors and nurses are expected to ...