Rep. Donna Christensen, D-Virgin Islands, emphasized the importance of taking action in the community in terms of healthcare reform while speaking at USC on Friday.
A group of men, one with a gun, attempted to rob a man walking on Pickens Street at 1 a.m. Sunday, according to police.
On a day marked by celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the USC African American Studies program presented the 17th-annual Robert Smalls Lecture to a packed crowd in the Capstone Campus Room Thursday.
EcoReps partnered with USC’s Financial Literacy Program on Thursday to teach students how they can eat healthily and sustainably and save money at the same time.
Lawmakers debate how to help students read South Carolina lawmakers are still discussing how to respond to a study showing that about 30 percent of third graders in the state struggle to read at their grade level, WIS reported. They are currently debating a measure that would hold back third graders who fail to meet certain requirements.
The Gervais Street bridge was shut down for hours Thursday after authorities searched for a person who reportedly went into the water around 10 a.m.
Abby Hannon always knew she loved the bridal industry, and this summer, she is making one of her dreams become a reality.
South Carolina Democrats will have a chance to tell the state government how they feel about medicinal marijuana come June, when a nonbinding referendum addressing the issue will appear on their primary ballot.
It’s official: Ben Rector will open for Andy Grammer at Carolina Productions’ spring concert April 17.
Gov. Nikki Haley will soon see Emma’s Law on her desk, a former Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center guard was sentenced Wednesday to serving two years in federal prison after he beat a homeless man in a cell and a former Columbia postal worker pleaded guilty to taking counterfeit bills from Secret Service agents to spend on various things, including drugs.
The next leaders of The Daily Gamecock, Garnet & Black magazine and WUSC-FM were selected Wednesday by the Board of Student Publications and Communications.
Vice President Joe Biden and Boeing President W. James McNerny will address graduates at commencement ceremonies May 9 and 10.
Columbia moved one step closer to bringing a minor league baseball team to the city after City Council on Tuesday voted to build a stadium in a planned Bull Street development.
At 4 p.m. on a warm, sunny Wednesday, Haley Guyton is raking the sand at USC’s new sand volleyball facility along with her teammates.
Police are not sure who called in a fake bomb threat that cleared the city courthouse for more than two hours Tuesday. Investigators are trying to figure out who called the threat in, city police said on Twitter. No hazards were found after the threat was reported around 10 a.m., and the scene was cleared around 12:30 p.m. The evacuation closed two blocks of Washington Street in the Vista from Park Street to Gadsden Street.
S.C. State University used millions of state dollars that were intended to aid poor families to cover its budget problems, The State reported.
Mickey Rooney died Sunday at the age of 93 in his North Hollywood home. According to the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office, Rooney died a natural death.