The state Department of Health and Environmental Control had logged 5,916,875 tests as of Feb. 25, according to the Palmetto State's latest data.

Sara Coello
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Sara Coello has covered the Charleston area's justice system for The Post and Courier since September 2019. She previously covered crime and courts at The Dallas Morning News.
Police are searching for the people involved in a shooting in the parking lot of Tanger Outlet.
The owner of a Berkeley County mortuary has been arrested, charged with running his business without proper licensing or tax payments.
Graziano canceled her department’s agreement to house federal immigration detainees as a way to bridge relations with the county's communities of undocumented residents.
Just over 100 South Carolina nursing home residents have died with COVID-19 in 30 days, according to the state's latest data, a lower number than the state averaged since the pandemic's beginning.
Wayne Wade was shot Jan. 17 and died over two weeks later of complications from his wound.
Kat Wehunt, who survived years of sex trafficking as a teenager, knows she’s lucky to have thrived. But she worries that her peers in the Palmetto State don’t have a simple, thorough and accessible system to help them maintain a life free from abuse.
With coronavirus hot spots in communal living facilities across the country, leaders have focused on clearing jails of as many inmates as possible.
A 76-year-old woman has been identified as the victim who was dragged from a house fire early Friday morning.