It is time again for South Carolina Black Pride Week which, starting Wednesday, will celebrate the African-American LGBT community through a myriad of family-friendly, political and entertainment events for “the most vulnerable and underserved in our community,” as described on the SC Black Pride website.
On Thursday morning, the FBI released information on the man they suspect to have carried out a shooting on June 17 at a historic African-American church in Charleston that left nine dead and left another three in the hospital.
The Richland County Sherrif’s Department were called to respond to a house on Pelican Drive in the middle of the day after a man was shot multiple times in front yard, the USC director of the former Center for Manufacturing and Technology, pleaded guilty to illegally obtaining $336,000 in federal grant money last Friday, and the Oliver Gospel Mission has begun the task of providing heat relief to the homeless.
As flocks of incoming freshmen flooded campus on Monday and Tuesday for the first of 13 orientation sessions, returning students and graduates were reminded of their own experiences as first-years.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky has been campaigning across South Carolina this week, stopping in Lexington on Monday, and planning to stop in Spartanburg and Lexington on Friday.
Summerville High School head football coach John McKissick, 88, has announced that he will be retiring from his job after one of the most impressive careers in football history.
On Tuesday, the National Weather Service called for highs of 100 to 102 in the Columbia, S.C. area, as a heatwave begins to settle in for the week.
Students, faculty and staff grazed for fresher options at the first Healthy Carolina Farmers Market of the summer semester on Tuesday.
Governor's Cup to see route changes, additional races The Governor’s Cup Road Race will undergo a number of changes to its track layout and distances, as well as moving the event to the spring, according to announcements by the Columbia Regional Sports Council and Carolina Marathon Association made Tuesday. Beginning next year in 2016, the race will be held on the weekend after Mother’s Day. The new track layout will “connect major sites in downtown Columbia, as well as across the Congaree River with a finish line located near the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in the Congaree Vista,” according to the announcement. Though the 13.1 half-marathon race will remain the same distance, one of the smaller 8K races will be replaced by a 5K with further plans to add an additional 5K walk and a childrens' race. Officials say that track changes were influenced by where the majority of activities are taking place in Columbia, in an effort to assist with tourism. —James Stewart, News Editor Black bear spotted along I-26 near Chapin A black bear has been spotted multiple times along I-26 in the vicinity of Chapin, according to WLTX. Several people confirmed seeing the bear, including a police officer with most reports citing the area near Columbia Avenue. Although black bears are a common animal along the Eastern seaboard, they are more often found in the upstate, closer to the mountains. In fact, there have been almost no sightings of bears in the Midlands last year. Most black bears weigh about 350 or 250 lbs.
This summer, the University of South Carolina is beginning the process of formally establishing a social contract, in an effort to reinforce the expectations of Carolina students held by the University.
With the launching of USC graduate Frank Scozzafava’s company, Scootaway, last month, students have been able to request ride-share scooters through a smartphone app, providing a favorable alternative to USC’s sweaty shuttle rides and parking woes.
Beginning last week, construction crews broke ground on what will eventually be developed into what is known as the Innovista Master Plan, starting on the corner of Green Street and Lincoln Street.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was a keynote speaker last Wednesday at the Third Annual Day in Blue, held at the Columbia Marriott Hotel.
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham announced his plans on Monday to run in the 2016 presidential election, a drunk driver flipped an SUV in a Five Points parking lot and has subsequently been charged with a DUI and a man has been charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature by authorities after he allegedly threatened a woman and assaulted her.
As students taking summer classes in the Coliseum may have noticed, journalism faculty and staff are preparing to begin the next school year in their new facilities, located conveniently on the Horseshoe.
On May 29, an officer pulled over a car for overly tinted windows. When he approached the car and the driver rolled down the window, a large cloud of smoke that smelled like marijuana escaped the vehicle.
I-26 has completely reopened today, following an extensive overnight cleanup after a tanker was involved in an explosive ten-car pileup near St.
