In Brief: 8/18/16
By Mary Ramsey | Aug. 17, 2016The City of Columbia is looking into giving Finlay Park a makeover, Columbia breaks heat records yet again and the Town of Lexington is fining a trash company $32,000 for missing thousands of homes.
The City of Columbia is looking into giving Finlay Park a makeover, Columbia breaks heat records yet again and the Town of Lexington is fining a trash company $32,000 for missing thousands of homes.
After Louisiana's heavy rainfall and fatal flooding, UofSC Relief is organizing a donation drive for items to be delivered to LSU.
Gamecock Basketball will see a brand new court design by the start of the upcoming season. An alleged serial beer thief is sought by the Richland County Sheriff's Department. A coach at River Bluff High School mourns the death of a football player. A man fell victim to a fatal automobile crash after suffering a cardiac arrest episode. Students are teaming up with the American Civil Liberties Union to file suit against a South Carolina schools law. Donald Trump leads Hillary Clinton by just two points in a recent South Carolina poll.
First-year and transfer students can now register for OMSA's new LGBTQ Peer Mentoring program as they transition to campus life.
Columbia citizens saw rallies and protests for different and sometimes conflicting causes.
Student Body President Michael Parks and Vice President Ross Lordo discuss what's in store from Student Government this fall.
Every year, the new class of freshmen is welcomed to USC at First Night Carolina. But this isn't actually anyone's first night at Carolina
Beginning in May, only USC president Harris Pastides will deliver commencement addresses at graduation, the university announced Wednesday.
Dean Charles Bierbauer will step down from his post as head of the College of Information and Communications, triggering a nationwide search for a replacement.
USC's oldest living alum died at 107, the Justice Department will require Richland County Schools to upgrade their resource officer program and two people died near the Richland County line in a collision on I-77.
Dylann Roof's lawyers want the hate crime charges against their client dismissed, a Charleston cat is the star of the Internet's latest viral video and a Richland County sheriff's deputy won't face charges for allegedly vandalizing campaign signs.
The shutdown of Delta Airlines caused headaches for many passengers out of local airports, SLED is investigating the death of an inmate at the Lexington County Detention Center and economic data shows the Palmetto State will outpace the US economy next year.
A pedestrian was killed in a collision in Lexington County, the Gamecock football's preseason will be the subject of a five-part documentary series and a zoning request would see cremated remains housed near Williams-Brice Stadium.
A 60-year-old man is missing in Richland County, a South Carolina resident was diagnosed with a brain eating amoeba and six South Carolina prisoners were among the hundreds who had their sentences commuted by President Obama.
The new Williams-Brice sign was damaged by storms, DHEC will not allow the Carolina Water Service to discharge waste water into the Saluda and the CDC is giving more funds to South Carolina to combat Zika virus.
Gov. Nikki Haley and other SC Republicans are taking heat for their support of Donald Trump amid the candidate's controversial statements about a military family, a suspect was killed in an officer-involved incident in Lexington County and last month was the hottest month on record in Columbia.
Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic Party presidential nomination Thursday in Philadelphia.