Escaped attempted murder suspect recaptured
WIS reports that 17-year-old Tony Gilmore has been apprehended by the Richland County Sheriff's Department after previously escaping custody. Gilmore, who faces two counts of attempted murder following a shooting at a January party, was hospitalized after being robbed late Saturday. The Columbia Police Department notified RCSD, and he was taken into custody once released from the hospital.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor
Clemson trustees vote to keep Tillman name
A committee of Clemson University trustees decided not to remove the name of "Pitchfork" Ben Tillman, the school's founder and a former governor of South Carolina, from the campus' main building, The State reports. Tillman is infamous in the state for his extreme views on segregation and race, including an incident in which he boasted about his involvement in a lynch mob that killed seven. In a report sent to the university's president, the committee also agreed that the school must improve their acknowledgement of its controversial past and better honor its first African-American alumnus.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor
Sumter parents charged with unlawful conduct towards a child
WIS reports that two Sumter parents have been arrested and charged with unlawful conduct towards a child after multiple fracture wounds to their 9-week-old daughter were discovered. The child is expected to recover and is in emergency protective custody. Social services, then police, were called in when the injuries were discovered by medical professionals.
— Compiled by Mary Ramsey, News Editor