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Summerville’s Chick-fil-A has temporarily closed for a five-week renovation at its Main Street location, according to a report by The Post and Courier.

The popular fast food restaurant closed its doors on April 16.

The renovations will prepare the inside of the restaurant for sit-down customers once again, The Post and Courier reported. Chick-fil-A’s indoor dining room has been closed to customers since the COVID-19 outbreak and ensuing shutdowns began in 2020. The restaurant has since expanded its drive-through services to accommodate customers.

Other Chick-fil-A locations in the north area include one on St. James Avenue in Goose Creek, as well as Northwoods Mall, University Boulevard, Dorchester Road and Rivers Avenue locations in North Charleston.

South Carolina workforce improving

The Department of Employment and Workforce announced that employment numbers continue to move in positive directions.

The number of people participating in the labor force — i.e. individuals who are employed or actively searching for work — is larger than it has ever been at approximately 2,384,360.

The department announced that while the labor force participation rate remains at 57.2 percent, there are nearly 68,000 more people in the labor force than pre-pandemic, and the South Carolina Labor Force Participation Task Force is continuing to examine the state’s challenges and opportunities to increase the rate.

The agency reports the number of people employed is 2,303,592. That is 54,239 more South Carolinians working than pre-pandemic and the unemployment rate inched down to 3.4 percent in March from February’s rate of 3.5 percent.

“Our agency continues to do its part to provide connections between jobseekers and employers,” S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce executive director Dan Ellzey said in a press release. “Earlier this week, we announced the launch of the SC Works Veterans Portal which helps military personnel transition to civilian jobs. This is an important tool to help individuals with strong work and soft skills find jobs in South Carolina with one of the many employers who are looking for skilled candidates.”

Knight’s Companies promotions

Summerville based concrete business Knight’s Companies announced multiple promotions, including a new general manager.

Joe Thomas has become general manager of Knight’s Precast, Tekna Corporation and Sovereign Steel. Thomas comes to the role with 32 years of experience in the precast concrete industry.

Previously, Thomas was the regional manager of Knight’s Precast and focused on plant operations. Now, in addition to plant operations, he will manage the estimating and engineering aspects of Knight’s Precast, Tekna Corporation and Sovereign Steel.

Joining Knight’s Precast in 1999, Thomas was originally drawn to Knight’s because of its reputation as a growing family business. During his time with the company, he has watched it triple in size. To maintain that growth and success, he believes consistent communication is key, according to a Knight’s press release.

Knight’s Companies also announced that Jodi McCall was hired as human resource director.

Previously, McCall was the human resources manager at Home Telecom. She joins Knight’s with 25 years of experience in human resources.

McCall will work with Pete Knight, CEO of Knight’s Companies, and executive management to develop employee services, policies and programs geared toward creating a stronger sense of community at Knight’s. Currently managing a team of four human resources professionals, she will lead the implementation of programs to enhance the employee experience.

Knight’s Companies offers septic, ready-mix concrete, precast concrete, prestressed concrete, steel reinforcement products, trucking and concrete pumping services to commercial and residential customers in South Carolina and Georgia.

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The independent agency provides coverage that equates to peace of mind for its clients. The agency has quality options to help clients take care of their assets.

Manning Insurance Services, LLC and Scott Manning are pleased to announce that their auto insurance Summerville SC options have been expanded. Because Manning is an independent agency, its coverage is not limited to a single carrier. The independent insurance agency offers a variety of insurance products to choose from. For most clients, cars are the second most expensive asset, right behind the home. A vehicle is the source of transportation, and typically, owners spend a lot of time in it. When a vehicle is damaged or stolen, or when there is property damage or injuries, the owners need the right coverage.

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The vehicle insurance agency provides many options and detailed explanations to help the clients determine what is right for them. Avoiding taking chances with the car insurance policy is best managed by an auto insurance company with experience. The agency works with each client to ensure that the best options are presented and that the choice can be made with full knowledge.

Additional details are available at https://www.manninginsuranceservices.com/.

Summerville clients choose the Manning agency for various reasons. They include experience, integrity, and various options for insurance coverage. In addition to Summerville, the agency services surrounding areas, including Myrtle Beach, Greenville, Mount Pleasant, Ladson, and Charleston. In selecting the coverage with the best price and value, Scott Manning ensures that the policy is the best fit financially and practically.

The goal of Manning Insurance Services is to serve with integrity and honesty. The agency exclusively partners with financially sound and highly rated insurance companies to help match clients with the insurance products that are best fitted to their needs. Some coverage includes policies for homeowners, automobiles, flood, condos, renters, business, marine, wind, and hail policies. The clients are provided with detailed explanations of the coverage. A free, no-obligation quote is available for the asking.

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Manning Insurance Services, LLC offers quality options for customers throughout the Summerville area. As an independent agency, the best options can be selected for the specific needs of the client.

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I wanted to make sure they knew they could attend any college, but he raised three Gamecocks.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - As students turn their tassels and mark the completion of college, it will be quite an accomplishment for one Summerville family.

When the youngest child graduates from the University of South Carolina in Columbia this weekend, it will mean every member of the Grimes family has a degree from the USC School of Journalism.

Randy Grimes was the first to graduate in 1985. Adrianne marched in 1988. Their oldest daughter Erika earned her degree in 2018, Morgan was next in 2020, and the youngest child, Jared-Benjamin, gets his degree from the School of Journalism this weekend.

So did the Grimes’ encourage their kids to follow in their footsteps and attend USC?

“Actually, I as their mother did not, but Randy my husband, yes he did,” Adrianne said. “I wanted to make sure they knew they could attend any college, and I told them to think outside the box. But honestly, he (Randy) raised three Gamecocks. We had the 10-foot inflatable Gamecock in our house, that the kids took pictures by, and they spent time in Williams-Brice Stadium as children. So, with all of that, they grew up understanding or perceiving college and higher education as University of South Carolina.”

As for all the kids choosing to study journalism, Adrianne says that sort of came naturally.

“They used to write and produce sitcoms along with Live 5′s Raphael James’ daughter Jaydn,” Adrianne said. “I have sitcoms with these kids. And I used to tell my husband, we should send them to Disney or Nickelodeon because their stuff was really good. They would write the script, shoot, edit, and then act it out. Also, Morgan was writing books, children’s books. As soon as she started writing, she was writing books. So we have several stories she’s written that are in typing paper, folded together in staples.”

“And Erika was writing journals,” Adrianne said. “When Randy was in grad school at George Washington in D.C., she transcribed every trip we took up there. Every time we went to D.C. she wrote about it and journaled about the trip. So it was in their DNA.”

Randy and Adrianne both used to work behind the scenes at Live 5 and that’s where they met and got married.

Randy is a department head at Trident Technical College in the Film and Media Department, continuing to educate future media professionals.

The rest of the family works in public relations with agencies like the S.C Research Authority, Lowcountry Local First, and the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments.

The newest grad is still trying to decide how he wants to make his mark in the world.

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It was another night of playoff action in the Midlands with softball district championships on the line as well as semifinals in SCISA baseball and girls soccer.

Here are some highlights from Wednesday:

? Hammond girls soccer earned a spot in the SCISA 3A championship with a 3-0 win over Porter-Gaud. The Skyhawks play Pinewood Prep for the second straight year on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Cardinal Newman.

? Ben Lippen baseball headed to the SCISA 3A championship with a 3-2 win over Wilson Hall. Jake Treiber had a walk-off single in the bottom of the eighth. The Falcons will play Hammond or Laurence Manning in the best-of-three series beginning Monday. Hammond forced a deciding game with a 9-1 over LMA. The two teams will meet Thursday at Sumter’s Riley Park.

? Richard Winn will play for SCISA Class A championship after a 4-3 win over Dorchester. The Eagles will play Clarendon Hall or Andrew Jackson in the championship series.

? In SCHSL softball, Lexington and Chapin won district championships in Class 5A. Sarah Gordon hit a pair of homers and drove in seven in Lexington’s 13-3 win over Cane Bay. The Wildcats host Wando on Friday in the lower state round.

? Chapin defeated Berkeley, 4-1, to win the district championship. The Eagles will travel to Summerville on Friday.

? In Class 3A, Gilbert defeated Camden, 17-5, to win the district and will host Aynor on Friday. The win was coach Sarah Minchew’s 100th of her career.

? Gray Collegiate got four home runs to defeat Abbeville, 5-1, to win the Class 2A District 2 championship. The War Eagles host Crescent on Friday.

SCISA Class 3A

Hammond 3, Porter-Gaud 0

Goals: Briana Pinasco, Katie Frye, Emme Crosland

Class 5A

Lexington 13 Cane Bay 3 (6)

WP: Mackenzie Mathis. Hitters: L: Sarah Gordon 3-5 2 HR, 6 RBI

Chapin 4, Berkeley 1

WP: Leah Cabe. Hitters: Ella Majchrzak 2-3 2 RBI; Carlee Norris 1-2 RBI.

Summerville 8, White Knoll 0

WP: Bennet Hitters: S: Bennet 3-4 2 HR, 3 RBI; Mazell 3-3 HR, 3 RBI; Edwards 1-3 2 RBI. WK: Gallardo 2-3

Summerville 4, White Knoll 3

WP: Bennet Hitters: S: Bennet 2-3 HR, 2 RBI; Guilliam 3-4, Edwards 1-2 2 RBI. WK: Lexi Winters 2-3 HR, 3 RBI

Wando 10, River Bluff 2

Class 4A

Lugoff-Elgin 11, Greenwood 1

WP: Pickett Hitters: Branham 3-5; Dooley 3-4; Sheorn 3-4; Pickett 3-4 3 RBI; Moore 3-4 3 RBI; Jordan 1-4 RBI

Greenwood 4, Lugoff-Elgin 0

WP: Holland Hitters: G: Holland 2-3 2 RBI. LE: Pickett 2-3

Class 3A

Gilbert 17, Camden 6 (5)

WP: Swinford Hitters: Melinauskas 1-3 RBI; Tara Dorgan 3-3; Taylor Dreher 2-4 HR, 3 RBI; Carley Melton 3-4 3 RBI; Miley Baty 2-3 2 RBI; Izabella Adams 2-3 2 RBI; Abbie Marlowe 3-3 3 RBI

Union County 4, Mid-Carolina 3

Class 2A

Gray Collegiate 5, Abbeville 1

WP: Taylor Corley Hitters: Brooklin Thomas 1-3 HR, RBI; Corley 1-3 HR, 2 RBI; Brooke Tranum 1-3 HR, RBI; Maddox Long 2-3 HR, RBI

Crescent 3, Batesburg-Leesville 1

Saluda 5, Chesterfield 2

Chesterfield 8, Saluda 6

SCISA Class 3A

Ben Lippen 3, Wilson Hall 2

WP: Davis McElveen Hitters: BL: Drake Rabon 2-4 RBI; Jake Treiber 1-4 RBI

Hammond 9, Laurence Manning 1

WP: Tyler Albrecht Hitters: H: Tucker Toman 2-3 2 RBI; Rucker Brannon 3-4 RBI

SCISA Class A

Richard Winn 4, Dorchester Academy 3

WP: Berry Bonds Hitters: RW: Jacob Chaisson 2-4 2 RBI; Brian King 3-3 2 RBI

This story was originally published May 11, 2022 10:03 PM.

COLUMBIA, SC (WPDE) — A relatively rare East Coast earthquake centered just northeast of South Carolina's capital city jolted large numbers of state residents awake early Monday, rocking the Southern state at a preliminary 3.3 magnitude, authorities said.

There were no immediate reports of any damages or injuries.

The pre-dawn temblor lasted only seconds but hundreds of people took to social media to describe being shaken from sleep when the quake hit shortly after 1:30 a.m. A seismic analyst monitoring the quake for the USGS Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado, called it the latest in a series of shakes in recent months but stronger than usual.

“There’s definitely been a ‘swarm’ here over the past several months. It’s not like a swarm like after a large seismic event but we have had a number of them in recent months," geophysicist Amy Vaughan with the 24-hour monitoring service told The Associated Press by phone.

Vaughan said the 3.3 magnitude is an early assessment and could change, adding the quake had an epicenter of about 1.5 miles (3.1 kilometers) below the earth's surface near the community of Elgin. That location is about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of downtown Columbia, the capital city.

Those awakened reported feeling the earth shaking for several seconds and some even described what sounded like a heavy truck moving nearby. Vaughan said only an hour afterward she had reports pouring in to the quake monitoring center.

At last check, nearly 2,700 people felt the quake.

“I have not heard of any damage reports so far but have had over a thousand ... reports," she said. "If people were sleeping they obviously would have been woken up and things might have been rattling off shelves or countertops but not the kind of shaking or intensity to cause damage of any significance."

Still, she called it “alarming for sure" and said some lesser aftershocks were possible in coming days or weeks. She noted there were quakes of a preliminary 2.0 or higher in April and March and others going back little more than four months in the region — and a 3.3 quake last December.

She said the quake was a rather shallow one, fairly close to the surface, which made it felt, adding the area has been experiencing other shocks recently.

Two more earthquakes popped up shortly after 5 a.m. with a magnitude of 1.6 and 1.78, according to the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.

Two dozen minor quakes have rattled near Columbia since the end of last year, more than the 20 typically averaged by the state in an entire year, according to the South Carolina Emergency Management Division. Elgin is along a large fault system that extends from Georgia through the Carolinas and into Virginia.

Last year, the area near Jenkinsville — about 40 miles (60 kilometers) west of this group of tremors — registered six small earthquakes in over a week, with three quakes registered on a single day alone.

According to emergency management officials, about 70% of South Carolina earthquakes are located in the Middleton Place-Summerville Seismic Zone, about 12.4 miles (20 kilometers) northwest of Charleston.

In 1886, that historic coastal city was home to the largest recorded earthquake in the history of the southeastern United States, according to seismic officials. The quake, thought to have had a magnitude of at least 7, left dozens of people dead and destroyed hundreds of buildings.

That event was preceded by a series of smaller tremors over several days, although it was not known that the foreshocks were necessarily leading up to something more catastrophic until after the major quake.