Passionate, peaceful: Columbia hosts rallies, protests
With most USC students away, what could have been a rather quiet summer in Columbia instead was instead one filled with outspoken citizens calling for change.
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With most USC students away, what could have been a rather quiet summer in Columbia instead was instead one filled with outspoken citizens calling for change.
The Statehouse grounds, which have recently been the site of rallies and protests, saw a very different type of event on Saturday — the Columbia Pokemon Go Walk. From 3 to 9 p.m., clusters of friends and strangers lapped the Statehouse and ventured down Main Street to maximize their monster-catching in the nostalgic augmented reality game "Pokemon Go."
Sporting and selling equipment designed to help one during the apocalypse, an RK Prepper Show will take over the South Carolina State Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday, July 30-31.
Citizens carry Confederate flags at a rally outside the Statehouse on Sunday, July 10, one year after the flag's removal from Statehouse grounds.
Protesters stand on the Gervais Street side of the SC State House and speak out against a Confederate flag rally.
Confederate flag supporters in Civil War re-enactment uniforms ceremonially raise the battle flag at a rally on Statehouse grounds on July 10, 2016.
Stars and bars flew over the lawn outside the South Carolina Statehouse Sunday exactly one year after their removal from the same spot.
The capital city of the first state to secede from the Union saw the Confederate battle flag return to Statehouse grounds Sunday morning.
Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah, who also holds a position on USC's faculty and is the director of the McCutchen House, was arrested Saturday and charged with criminal domestic violence in the second degree.
The South Carolina Secessionist Party will rally behind the Confederate flag on July 10, one year after the battle flag's removal from the top of the State House.
Columbia City Councilman Moe Baddourah was arrested Saturday and charged with criminal domestic violence in the second degree after what officials say was an altercation with his wife.
Cities and counties across the Midlands will hold a variety of events in celebration of America's 240th birthday this weekend.
Fashion models and other citizens attend Columbia Fashion Week's "Beautiful People Party" to hear the 25 Most Stylish People in Columbia announced.
Fashion model and one of the 25 Most Stylish People in Columbia Lee Livingston models a tuxedo at Columbia Fashion Week's "Beautiful People Party."
Fashion models and other citizens attend Columbia Fashion Week's "Beautiful People Party" to hear the 25 Most Stylish People in Columbia announced.
For five years, Columbia has dedicated one full week to the art of style. Placing designers, vendors, entertainers and anchors in the spotlight, the fifth annual Columbia Fashion Week is now under way.
Incumbent politicians won several big victories on Tuesday as voters across South Carolina went to the polls for primary elections.
It was Sept. 13, 1963, two days after the University of South Carolina was officially desegregated, and The Gamecock, a former iteration of this publication, begrudgingly delivered the news to the people. On the front page The Gamecock staff produced a vague, half-formed story — no longer than 200 words — to depict what would be one of the most monumental events for the university in history. Without ever having mentioned the words "black," or "desegregation," unnamed writer D.W.B. cryptically concluded the piece with, “It’s all quiet, and that’s the big part of the story.”
Mourners gathered in solidarity across the U.S. this week to honor the victims of the worst mass shooting in the country's history.
The Double Dutch Forces of Columbia found success against teams from around the nation and world this weekend, The State reports.