Gubernatorial candidate state Sen. Vincent Sheheen, a Democrat from Kershaw County, will visit USC and engage in a Q-and-A session with students today at 7 p.m. in Russell House room 305.
Columbia paid $52,000 toward Randy Scott’s retirement fund, and 55 pounds of marijuana were found in an arcade game.
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.
A USC police officer is being investigated for his conduct after last week’s armed robbery in Five Points that involved four USC students.
More than 2,000 participants representing 85 teams asked and answered that question at the 2013 Relay For Life, the annual event that raises money for the American Cancer Society.
South Carolinians polled say they support creating a path to citizenship for undocumented workers, domestic violence accounts for two-thirds of Richland homicides this year, and a fourth-grade Summerville teacher faces multiple drug charges.
Tim Black went to work and started a family after he graduated high school — college wasn’t on his radar. The 47-year-old is a quality inspector at a steel manufacturer in Union, and after putting his kids through college, he figured it was his turn.
Three USC students were robbed at gunpoint late Tuesday night while walking in a Five Points alley.
As students spend the last days of the semester completing final projects and papers and preparing for exams, professors are hoping they’ll put some time into another assignment, too — professor evaluations. An increasing trend toward online forms in place of traditional paper surveys seems to have helped push evaluation completion rates up to around 70 to 80 percent, says Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies Helen Doerpinghaus.
Even though Columbia is more than 900 miles away from Boston, many members of the Gamecock community felt closely affected by Monday’s Boston Marathon tragedy. Boston native Luke Flanagan, a second-year exercise science student, said he felt his stomach drop as soon as he heard the news of the bombs that wreaked havoc on the streets he had known for so long.
News giant needs to check facts before it loses credibility, viewer population I’ve used the words of author James Gleick before, and they’re applicable once again after CNN’s latest misinformation debacle.
Beta Theta Pi fraternity is hosting Gamecocks Run For Boston today from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Greene Street Fields near the Colonial Life Arena.
The NCCC withdrew its support for Sanford, SLED is investigating the death of a man who was tased and a former FBI agent announced a mayoral bid.
Columbia police responded to three reports of suspicious packages over the course of about an hour Wednesday afternoon.
On the Russell House patio Wednesday evening, a small group of people began to line up and learn the basic steps to the salsa. Others nearby loaded guacamole onto their burritos.
Clemson University is gunning for some independence from state oversight with a proposed bill before the state Senate, but USC isn’t interested in signing on, USC President Harris Pastides said.
For women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley, talking to Ohio State bore plenty of fruit. USC trustees approved a three-year contract extension and a new pay package for Staley Wednesday that includes a $300,000 retention bonus and a $125,000 raise, with more increases scheduled.