1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (593+ words) Maurice Hallman looks at a steel girder from the World Trade Center on display at the South Carolina State Museum on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. COLUMBIA — Maurice Hallman remembers Sept. 11, 2001, vividly. He was in a sixth grade class at White Knoll Middle…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (857+ words) S.C. State University President Alexander Conyers, pictured in 2023, was censured by the university’s Faculty Senate late last month. ORANGEBURG — S.C. State University has been on the upswing over the past several years, with enrollment surging, state funding flowing, national accolades…...

22+ hour, 22+ min ago   (552+ words) A sign marks a Columbia polling place at the University of South Carolina's Blatt Physical Education Center Nov. 5, 2024. COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary will remain “first in the South” and fourth overall in 2028 after the Republican National Committee this…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (696+ words) Virtually everyone in their mid-30s or older remembers where they were when they heard that an airplane struck the World Trade Center in New York on Sept. 11, 2001. I was in a hotel gym in Slovakia; it took two weeks to get…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (463+ words) The Jubilee Hotel is planned as a four-story, 75-room hotel. JOHNS ISLAND — A proposed boutique hotel on the island has cleared a key design hurdle. Future plans for the four-story Jubilee call for 75 rooms on roughly 1.5 acres of a larger…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (807+ words) Dr. Annie Andrews, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with Ashley Morrison and her 2-year-old daughter, Ariyah, during a campaign stop at the House of Joy Childcare Center in Rock Hill on Sept. 9, 2026. YORK COUNTY — Addressing a room of parents, children…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (983+ words) Advocates worry that proposed changes to Medicaid being debated in Congress will result in millions of people losing their health coverage. A new survey of South Carolina voters found a majority now favor Medicaid expansion in South Carolina, though it…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (307+ words) On Sept. 11, 2001, foreign terrorists murdered nearly 3,000 innocent souls on American soil. Nothing can restore their futures, but justice can honor their stolen lives. The firm hand of justice escorts the guilty to accountability; the fair hand of justice guides the…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (366+ words) The final beam was placed Sept. 9 at the joint city-county government center. SPARTANBURG — Local leaders celebrated progress on the historic Spartanburg city-county joint government center with a topping-out ceremony. The ceremony, held at 11 a.m. Sept. 9, marked the final piece of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (174+ words) The Spartanburg County Detention Center main jail. SPARTANBURG — A contract employee who worked in the Spartanburg County jail has been charged with financial transaction card fraud and breach of trust with fraudulent intent. Cassidy Taylor Steiner, 31, was booked Sept. 8 into…...