ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) – Winthrop University’s top academic award will no longer bear the name of avowed segregationist and former South Carolina governor “Pitchfork” Ben Tillman. Media outlets report the university’s president Dan Mahony told faculty, staff and students in an email Friday that the university will discontinue the 75-year-old Tillman Award. Instead, the students with the highest GPA…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — After photos surfaced on social media showing Citadel cadets in white Klan hoods and reportedly singing Christmas carols, a source close to the school said all of the members of the group have been identified. In a statement from The Citadel’s Lt. Gen. John Rosa, the cadets “were singing Christmas carols as part of a ‘Ghosts…
SUMTER, S.C. (WOLO) — A Sumter County Sheriff’s Deputy responded to a fatal accident Wednesday morning, to learn that the victim was his wife. The accident happened on Lewis Road off Highway 15. Authorities say, 45-year-old Teresa Browder was hit head-on when an SUV crossed the center line. Browder was pronounced dead at the scene. Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Gov. Nikki Haley says the state needs to sell its “money pits,” starting with eight properties that include the state Education Department’s administration building. Haley said Wednesday selling those properties identified so far would enable taxpayers to avoid spending $30 million on maintenance and other expenses over five years. The figure is not a direct savings,…
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has told a group of senior military officers cuts to the nation’s military have gone too far and she wants to work to reverse them. The Republican governor made the comments Wednesday during her annual meeting with the commanders of the state’s military installations. Haley told the group recent cuts to U.S. forces…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say 11 inmates have been charged with rioting after what deputies say was a gang fight at the Richland County jail. Deputies said in a news release that the charges stem from a fight Oct. 24 at the jail where the inmates threw dinner trays and chairs and ignored commands to stop. Authorities say no…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – New South Carolina coach Will Muschamp has named two Auburn staffers to be Gamecocks assistant coaches. Muschamp said Tuesday that Travaris Robinson will be South Carolina’s defensive coordinator and Bobby Bentley will coach running backs. Muschamp was named South Carolina coach Sunday after spending last season as Auburn’s defensive coordinator. Robinson spent the past five seasons…
NEW YORK (AP) – Alabama’s Derrick Henry and Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey are hoping to return to the Heisman Trophy to the running backs. Clemson’s Deshaun Watson can keep it with the QBs. The two star running backs with very different styles and the dual-threat quarterback of the No. 1 team in the country are headed for New York after being…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina’s military museum says displaying the Confederate flag removed from Statehouse grounds will cost less than the $5.3 million price tag presented last week. William Roberson said Tuesday the figures given by an architectural firm were preliminary and will be “modified.” Roberson said much of the cost outlined at last Thursday’s commission…
