Heavy rains cause flooding in Lowcountry
WIS reports that near record-breaking rainfall in the Lowcountry caused flooding in some parts of Charleston on Monday. It was the fifth-wettest day in the city’s history after receiving over six inches of rain in six hours.
Areas that were affected most by flooding include downtown Charleston, North Charleston, Mount Pleasant and Goose Creek.
The Charleston Police Department closed several roads in the downtown area and service from public transportation was temporarily suspended.
The highest daily rainfall ever recorded for the month of August was on Aug. 11, 1940 when Charleston received 7.88 inches.
Logistics company to create jobs in Columbia
A third-party logistics company that connects distributors with supply truck companies announced Monday that it will open a new office for operations in downtown Columbia according to the South Carolina Radio Network.
Total Quality Logistics, or TQL, is based in Cincinnati, Ohio and representatives of the company plan on hiring 100 employees over the next five years.
Because fewer companies are using their own trucks for distribution and sale, logistics has become a growing industry over the past several years.
The company has 34 offices mostly in southern and western parts of the country. There is already an office in Charleston that began operating five years ago.
Restaurant caught with live chickens during DHEC inspection
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse in Sumter, South Carolina had some trouble with their rating from the Department of Health and Environmental Control after several chickens were found in cages in the kitchen area, WLTX reported.
Restaurant owner Amy Zhao said she received the chickens from a friend and was keeping them in her restaurant until she could take them home to cook.
DHEC initially gave the restaurant a health inspection grade of 'C' but waited until Zhao removed the chickens and sanitized the kitchen area before changing their inspection grade to ‘A.'
Zhao and her family have owned and maintained the restaurant for more than a decade.