The Lexington County Sheriff's Department says an Orangeburg County man is accused of using a water bottle filled with gasoline to to start a house fire on Saturday.
Officials with South Carolina State University say they are mourning the loss of one student and a recent graduate of the university after a crash Friday morning. Officials say three other students were injured in the crash.ย
Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says deputies are looking for two inidviduals they believe are involved in a shooting that killed a man Tuesday.ย
The three suspects were involved in a drug related shooting that killed 14-year-old Tamara Perry, 17-year-old Shamekia Sanders, 28-year-old Krystal Hutto and 50-year-old Jerome Butler.
To close out Black History Month, the Orangeburg County School District is hosting their first annual Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Competition next week.
Officials say an ultralight aircraft crashed at the Holly Hill Airport in Orangeburg County today. Authorities say the pilot was airlifted to the hospital.
U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is visiting a historically Black university in South Carolina this week to tout what the Biden administration says is a commitment to funding nuclear engineering at such institutions.
Things came to a flash point on February 8th when 3 African American males were shot and killed by South Carolina Highway Patrol officers. Twenty-eight others were injured.
South Carolina State University is remembering the late John Lewis, a central figure to the civil rights movement. A statue honoring the late congressman stopped by the campus in Orangeburg on its way to the National Statuary Hall in Washington D.C.
This coming Tuesday, the university will commemorate the 54th anniversary of the Orangeburg Massacre with a program in the Martin Luther King Jr. Auditorium at 11 a.m. Orangeburg Massacre survivor Dr. Cleveland Sellers jr. will be the keynote speaker.
The Black Market is an annual observance originating at South Carolina State University, where Black owned business will be highlighted to the community.
Orangeburg County Sheriff Leroy Ravenell says a high speed chase lead to a 19-year-old and four minors being charged with firing shots at a home Wednesday.