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April 12 A report of damage to a storage unit lock in the 200 block of Holiday Avenue.  Kong Yang, 23, La Crosse, Wis., was arrested for bringing stolen goods into the state, no Minnesota driver’s license. April 14 A report of graffiti on the tables at East Side Park. Four juveniles admitted to the graffiti and were told to clean it up. April 15 April 17 April 18 Victoria Walker, 42, Randolph, was cited for speeding (46/30). Calls: Assist other authorities-7, business alarm-9, business checks-46, criminal damage to property-2, driving complaint-3, extra patrol-1, found property-1, med...

By Seanna Adcox sadcox@postandcourier.com And then there’s the Department of Health and Environmental Control, a well-lawyered state agency that knows it has to comply with the law but has no intention of letting the public interfere with its decisions, so it complies with the law only technically (if that). Six years ago, DHEC Director Catherine Templeton agreed to keep her departure plans quiet until the board could find a replacement — and offer the job to Eleanor Kitzman without even interviewing anyone else; the folly of that decision was exposed when Ms. Kitzman was forced to ...

ABC Columbia Dec 22, 2020 12:37 PM EST COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– The board of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control voted for Dr. Edward Simmer to fill the role of the next agency director. This comes after former Director Rick Toomey resigned in May. At the meeting on Tuesday, the board announced the three final candidates which included Attorney Keith Munson and Matthew Van Patton. After a discussion of the candidates, the board voted for Simmer. Governor Henry McMaster released the following statement regarding the board’s recommendation of Dr. Simmer. “Dr. Sim...

Elijah Packer, a senior at College of Charleston, gets a COVID-19 test at a S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control pop-up testing site on campus on Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. After a months-long search, Dr. Edward Simmer was chosen to lead DHEC and its 3,500 employees. File/Lauren Petracca/Staff By Lauren Petracca lpetracca@postandcourier.com Dr. Edward Simmer. File/Provided A career military medical officer was chosen Tuesday to lead South Carolina's public health agency, filling a months-long vacancy amid the biggest health crisis in a century.  The agency's board members v...

South Carolina health board picks new agency leader By MICHELLE LIUDecember 22, 2020 GMT COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After months without a permanent director at the helm of the agency overseeing South Carolina’s coronavirus response, the state’s health board selected a military doctor to head the state’s health and environmental department Tuesday. The Department of Health and Environmental Control board unanimously voted for Dr. Edward Simmer, who previously oversaw civilian medical and dental care for the Defense Health Agency in Virginia and will retire from three decades of Navy servic...