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Swine flu vaccinations gearing up, some delays in SC

October 21, 2009 By

Reported by David Waterman, affiliate WVOC Newsradio 560

Health officials and community leaders held a statewide “swine flu summit” Tuesday in Columbia to update those involved in the vaccination process. Jim Beasley, with the Department of Health and Environmental Control, says it was a good chance to get on the same page as the effort gears up to vaccinate against the H1N1 virus in South Carolina.

“At this time, some of the DHEC county health departments are beginning to schedule – typically by appointment only – vaccinations for H1N1. However, it’s not all of the counties yet and it’s still a little bit spotty. And that’s mostly due to the fact that the spigot that’s the distribution chain bringing the H1N1 vaccine to SC is still only barely open. It’s just trickling, and we’re really only getting a small amount of flu vaccine in right now,”says Beasley. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Medicine, News

Navy gives Patriots Point ultimatum over Yorktown

October 21, 2009 By

The Navy has asked the Charleston museum that houses the U.S.S. Yorktown to fix it or junk it. The World War II aircraft carrier U.S.S. Yorktown was commissioned in 1937, and is now sitting on the Charleston harbor at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Museum director Dick Trammell says he’s not that concerned about the Navy’s ultimatum to make repairs on the ship, or dispose it.

U.S.S. Yorktown“The Yorktown is without question the centerpiece, so am I concerned about the Yorktown leaving here? Absolutely not,” says Trammell.

Estimated costs say it would cost about $100 million to put the carrier on dry dock and repair it. Trammell says the Navy is going after all carriers.

“The Navy had sent out letters to every historic naval ship in America telling them they wanted those ships dry docked every 10 to 15 years, and that we all had to make a decision, we either dry docked or scuttled them. But, those basically were to be the two choices,” says Trammell. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Business, Environment & Conservation, News, Recreation & Entertainment

Small plane crash near Charleston, four dead

October 21, 2009 By

A small plane crashed in Dorchester County Wednesday morning and four people are confirmed as dead. The twin-engine Piper PA-23 had four people on board when it crashed shortly after take-off around 6:45 a.m.

Although the specifics of how the crash happened are not yet available, the plane experienced heavy fire among impact, that was shortly extinguished. The plane was headed for Ft. Pierce, Florida and crashed near the Summerville airport in Jedburg in a heavily-wooded area. All four passengers were confirmed as dead this afternoon.

SCRN has contacted the Dorchester County Coroner’s Office.

Filed Under: Accidents & Disasters, News, Transportation
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