Security footage shows a man wearing a baseball cap and a backpack taking stacks from a rack inside the Russell House on the Greene Street side around 11 a.m.
Tennessee-based housing developer, EdR, has begun looking to acquire property at the intersection of Main and College streets in order to build a new college-housing building. EdR has been working in the collegiate housing industry since 1964 and has completed more than 30 housing projects — however, none thus far in South Carolina. “We’re interested in looking at property there,” Susan Jennings, EdR’s vice president of corporate communication and marketing, said. John Fellows, Columbia’s planning administrator, told The State that EdR submitted plans for a “mid-rise” facility, which could range anywhere from 12 to 15 stories tall. As of Monday, Jennings could not provide definitive answers about the status of the deal, nor when EdR would be making their move on acquiring the land for their development, but the block houses Sandy’s famous Hot Dogs and The Baptist Collegiate Ministry building. Sandy’s Famous Hot Dogs currently has four locations within the Columbia area, however, the one located at 825 Main Street is the closest to USC’s campus.
The blotter comes from police reports released by the USC Division of Law Enforcement and Safety and doesn’t include crimes reported by city or county law enforcement.
Today's brief section features award of a Pulitzer Prize to The Post and Courier, a new multi-purpose housing complex to be built in West Columbia and the flooding of Riverwalk.
Hundreds of migrants are assumed to be lost after an overcrowded fishing vessel capsized while crossing the Mediterranean Sea, Target experienced a stress-test like no other on Sunday with the launching of its new Lilly Pulitzer line and Scootaway, an on-demand moped ride-sharing company founded by a former USC student, announced Sunday that Columbia will be home to the first of 20 locations that the company plans on opening, beginning May 7.
The rain didn’t stop a large crowd from gathering for USC’s Relay For Life at Blatt Fields Friday at 7 p.m. to support the American Cancer Society in their goal to raise money to fund cancer research.
As a part of the Earth Day celebration in Columbia, PalmettoPride has announced their Great American Cleanup of South Carolina — Carolina Cleanup initiative. During this initiative, efforts will be focused from April 18 through April 25 to promote cleaning up litter in South Carolina.
The Daily Gamecock took home 28 awards at the annual South Carolina Press Association Collegiate Awards Presentation on April 10 at Bob Jones University.
Today's in brief section features a mid-rise house development deal, the 'slim' chance of solving the Tucker Hipps' case and the House's bill to raise gas prices to fund South Carolina road repair.
Men sporting brightly colored heels and tights were sure to be a show stopper, but for the Walk A Mile In Their Shoes event, it became a central way to discuss the issues of sexual assault and abuse in Columbia. For the past six years Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands (STSM) has hosted Walk A Mile In Their Shoes to raise awareness about sexual violence and to highlight local, non-profit organizations that are available to help survivors of sexual assault and abuse. The Sexual Trauma Services of the Midlands is a non-profit organization that began in 1983.
Katie Shelgren, a fourth-year public relations student, and her fiancé Will Boggs, a USC alum, have founded Raising a Voice, an organization dedicated to educating the public about human trafficking and helping to bring it to an end.
The Relay for Life team has been spending the week painting the town in shades of purple. Purple is the color that represents Cancer Survivors and, secondarily, is used to promote the Relay for Life events.
Bill Press visited campus Tuesday and addressed the public and students by invitation of Political Science Professor Don Fowler.
The annual Walk a Mile In Their Shoes will take place on Wednesday on the State House grounds. The walk will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Executives from the Coca-Cola Company came to USC on Tuesday to accept the 12 annual Cocky award.
In today's briefs, some state institutions will offer in-state tuition for South Carolina natives, the singer of "When a Man Loves a Woman" died and Marcus Lattimore got engaged.
Today's In Brief section features a Columbia woman dying after running a half marathon, a police search for a man who burglarized a motel room and Lou Holtz's departure from ESPN.
