COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — The University of South Carolina held a dedication ceremony for the Celia Dial Saxon Residence Hall on Lincoln street. According to university officials, Saxon is the first African American to be honored with a building name on the Columbia campus. Born in 1857, Saxon was one of the first African American students to attend South Carolina…
94-year-old Dorothy Dickert received an award for having more than 15,000 volunteer hours — mostly spent calling Veterans to remind them of doctor’s appointments.
The building will be over 800,000 square feet and will include student housing, retail spaces, and a parking garage.
DSS State Director Michael Leach says there were over 66,000 reports of child abuse and neglect in South Carolina in 2022.
Community members and city officials came together to honor Providence Home’s 60th anniversary, and for the debut of its new chapel at its North Main Street campus.
Service members and Veterans from the Air Force, American Legion, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy came together for the ceremony.
At the State House on Thursday, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette joined the South Carolina Department of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services and academic partners from across the state to recognize National Collegiate Recovery Day.
New reports released by the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control show a dramatic increase in South Carolina’s infant and maternal mortality rates.
“So before the General Assembly goes home in May, they need to pass bond reform and they need to see that we slam that revolving door, and have graduated penalties for committing these crimes with these illegal guns,” says Governor McMaster.
Now 17-years-old, Bagley recalls that day saying, “The whole of the boat hit right about at where my knees were. And so I went under the center of the boat. The propeller hit both my legs, took my right one, and then my left one. I fractured it at the knee and just below.”
