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COLUMBIA — The state Supreme Court has thrown out South Carolina's law that bans abortions at roughly six weeks into a pregnancy, calling it unconstitutional.
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Former USC guard Markeisha Grant has been teaching life skills since she got out of the game, and her profile is taking a major step forward.
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Dakereon Joyner will return to South Carolina in 2023 for his sixth and final year of eligibility.
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Darla Moore, the University of South Carolina's largest benefactor who has been unhappy with school leadership, will return to the Columbia campus for the first time in three years to introduce a speech by famed Black activist Angela Davis.
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Raven Johnson is seeing the results of her offseason work pay off in what she's titled as South Carolina's "Revenge Season."
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South Carolina has its quarterback for next year.
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South Carolina's Juice Wells is the SEC's leading returning receiver in catches, yards and NIL deals, according to one NIL attorney.
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USC's board of trustees is set to sign off on plans for a new medical school campus Dec. 19, advancing the $300 million project promising to bring a 320,000 square foot research and academic building to Columbia's BullStreet district.
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Although two South Carolina Republicans are also running for the party's presidential nomination, frontrunner President Trump will be the keynote speaker for the S.C. GOP's Silver Elephant Gala, a major annual fundraising event for the party.
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Legislators are fast-tracking a bill that fires the University of South Carolina's entire board next year, saying a modernization of the unwieldy board is overdue
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Alex Murdaugh, the wealthy scion of a powerful Lowcountry legal dynasty, was found guilty of murdering his wife and son in a pair of grisly slayings that captured international attention and kickstarted the former Hampton lawyer's precipitous downfall.
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Say goodbye west Columbia, New Brookland Tavern is moving to Five Points and will take over the Cotton Gin building.
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JUST IN: Richalnd County lands $400 million plant to make White Claw and Mike's Hard Lemonade in county's second largest-ever economic development deal
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The city of Columbia will require all employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 beginning in November.
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Chicken Man Ernest Lee just dropped off this painting he made for Free Times.
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Harris Pastides has officially been named interim president of the University of South Carolina.
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The University of South Carolina wants to see development of some 800 acres in hopes of upping its gameday experience in a way officials call not before seen in college athletics.
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South Carolina clobbered No. 1 LSU on Thursday in the first of a three-game series.
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The University of South Carolina really did win a national title in women’s hoops. Victory parade is Sunday.
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The University of South Carolina and Midlands Tech are rolling out plans to make transferring between the two institutions easier for students in selected programs — a move that officials say will have statewide impact
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COLUMBIA — The University of South Carolina has started informing fans that masks will be required for the Gamecocks' next two home games.
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The University of South Carolina can require masks for all students, the state Supreme Court ruled Aug. 17, just two days before students return to campus.
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Juice Wells declared his plans for 2023 on social media on Monday.
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Good afternoon. We are in the process of compiling a list of all black-owned businesses in the Columbia area. To contribute to the list, please email editor
@free
-times.com.
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A Lexington chef known for slinging Southern fare from a gas station kitchen was chosen as a South Carolina 2022 Chef Ambassador.
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In response to pleas from Lexington County's main hospital system, the town of Cayce unanimously passed a mask mandate Sept. 7.
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The source of those 'Souf Cak' hoodies, and much more.
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Dakereon Joyner is teaming with two other Lowcountry Gamecocks, Langston Moore and Preston Thorne, in an NIL deal.
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COLUMBIA — Masks are again required throughout unincorporated Richland County in businesses, schools and day cares.
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State Rep. Wendell Gilliard — who once sponsored legislation to label the Ku Klux Klan a terrorist organization — has pushed the General Assembly to pass hate crime legislation for years.
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.
@UofSC
is opening the world’s fourth Anne Frank Center, giving visitors a chance to experience the life of a Jewish teenage girl whose story is among the most iconic of the Holocaust.
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Rockaway Athletic Club, the iconic Rosewood neighborhood dive bar, has sold its last Pimento cheeseburger. The restaurant known for its cheap beer and regional eats was open for over four decades before officially closing its doors today.
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COLUMBIA — President Joe Biden is nominating South Carolina U.S. District Court Julianna Michelle Childs to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the White House announced Thursday, wrapping up a busy year for judi…
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COVER |
@TheAvettBros
are coming to
@TownshipSC
this week -- and that's a big deal
http://t.co/6mDQa8j7MR
http://t.co/N2DhYkCk3r
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of our publisher, Charlie Nutt. Thanks for all the support you're sending our way.
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Lexington Two trustees voted to require masks on district property through Oct. 31 with a quarter of its schools already on temporary virtual models.
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S.C. gubernatorial candidates Joe Cunningham and Henry McMaster have agreed to meet for a debate hosted by The Post and Courier and South Carolina ETV ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
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Baristas at a Columbia Starbucks are on strike following a push to unionize locations of Starbucks across the country.
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The final AP poll of the season was no different than the first, nor any poll from the 2021-22 season. The Gamecocks are No. 1.
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Congressman Jim Clyburn, the House Majority Whip, has endorsed Tameika Isaac Devine for Columbia mayor.
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SC newspaper association's annual contest recognizes Columbia-based news teams of Post and Courier/Free Times with 20 awards, including first place in eight categories.
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Gene Sapakoff column: South Carolina's versatile punter was at it again in the Gator Bowl against Notre Dame, making an impact with his foot and with his arm
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South Carolinians who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school classes and whose families makes less than $80,000 a year will have their tuition and fees to University of South Carolina covered.
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Former President Donald Trump will attend the Clemson-South Carolina game this weekend, bringing the Republican front-runner to Williams-Brice Stadium for the state's biggest college football spectacle of the year.
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USC is entering its Taylor Swift era. The School of Sports and Entertainment Management will offer the course “Life is Just a Classroom: Taylor’s Version” beginning with the Spring 2024 semester, according to Kate Blanton, the professor teaching the course.
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COLUMBIA — The University of South Carolina says it wants its next president to come from an academic background, with an ability to fundraise and boost research.
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Former South Carolina assistant coach Shawn Elliott, now head coach at Georgia State, brings his Panthers to Williams-Brice Stadium on Sept. 3.
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This Christmas,
@craigmelvin
talks about parenthood with
@KaraGormleyM
(Hi,
@lindsayczarniak
)
http://t.co/pxZpdwiD78
http://t.co/eOcED8CXLF
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Tupelo Honey Cafe, a popular Southern food restaurant that started in Asheville and has locations across the country, will open a Columbia location in early 2024.
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Scout Motors, a subsidiary of Volkswagen, will build a $2 billion manufacturing plant in the Columbia suburb of Blythewood
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Topgolf has expressed initial interest in building a location in the Columbia area.
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South Carolina is one week away from completing two straight seasons as the wire-to-wire No. 1 team in the Associated Press women's Top 25.
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Kyle Petersen spoke with several of Adam Cullum's friends and musical collaborators about the loss.
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“I’ve had one mission and that is to keep everybody that works for me and their families and my families safe,” Lula Drake owner Tim Gardner said. “That is why we closed, that’s why we waited to open. That’s why we’re requiring vaccines for indoor dining.”
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Fresh off a second-consecutive WNBA championship, Las Vegas Aces Forward A'ja Wilson was given a key to the city of Columbia, her hometown and where she helped lead the USC Women's Basketball team to new heights.
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That's one for history books:
@GamecockWBB
and
@dawnstaley
are your 2017 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS.
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NEW: Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin has issued a state of emergency amid rising COVID-19 numbers. A mask mandate is expected to follow.
Here's what we know so far:
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The bill includes $6 billion for projects in South Carolina.
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The
@Bakari_Sellers
doc hits
@NickTheatre
tonight. Here, Vincent Harris talks with filmmaker Emily Harrold.
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Zoe Nicholson joins the Free Times newspaper from the Savannah Morning News. She hopes to continue the legacy of the Free Times, while invigorating it with sharp, insightful and timely journalism.
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R.E.M.’s Mike Mills and violinist Robert McDuffie are set to perform with the USC Symphony in January
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Meet Hannah Wade, a food reporter who has been with Post and Courier Columbia/Free Times for a year now. Recently, she worked on a story about a new bakery in the Rosewood neighborhood, and talked with the staff of Lula Drake Wine Parlor about their James Beard nomination.
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A redevelopment company is considering taking on mostly empty Richland Mall in Forest Acres, with plans to build something new instead of the retail space.
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St. Matthews, South Carolina native Viola Davis wins the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Fences."
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Frank Beamer, 74, saw it early.
Shane had a plastic Fisher-Price walkie-talkie and would stand on the family’s deck, gazing at the other neighborhood children playing football and radioing plays to them.
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TOP CONTENT | No. 1 — Successful stuffed wing food truck is eyeing a permanent location.
http://t.co/W1CkSsOvyB
http://t.co/qnnZ87LSMd
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Gene Sapakoff column: Lowcountry natives and former South Carolina football players Preston Thorne and Langston Moore have added to their
#JustAChicken
children’s book series
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Arts and Entertainment Editor
@JordanLawrence
saw Fleetwood Mac Friday in Columbia. Here's his take on the show.
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Birth control pills will soon be available in South Carolina without a prescription under a law signed May 23 by Gov. Henry McMaster in a bipartisan effort to help women avoid unwanted pregnancies that could end with an abortion
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.
@accessfreely
is again nominated for one of the nation's highest honors museums and libraries.
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The University of South Carolina Development Foundation is considering construction of a new student housing complex on land it owns a block away from Colonial Life Arena.
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The University of South Carolina is expecting to admit more than 6,800 freshmen in August, breaking its record for an incoming class two years in a row. Additional housing and parking will help USC handle the newcomers.
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The ordinance is meant to address swaths of parking lots in other parts of Columbia, such as on North Main and Gervais streets, making the city more walkable and appealing to developers.
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Call it a comeback.
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COLUMBIA (AP) — Meechie Johnson scored 18 points and Jacobi Wright had 14 and the pair combined for five free throws in the last 3.6 seconds to give South Carolina a 61-55 win over Georgia on Saturday to close the regular season.
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Gene Sapakoff column: The Head Ball Coach is excited about a return to Columbia to celebrate the success of his 2010-2013 teams and the best-ever stretch of South Carolina football
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“I think the test of a true leader is whether or not you’ll be honest with people about the real challenges facing our state and have the backbone to actually fix them,”
@JoeCunninghamSC
said, confirming that he's running for governor in 2022.
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The state Department of Transportation is using roughly $600 million approved by legislators to speed up the widening of rural stretches of interstates 26 and 95 that are critical to South Carolina's economy.
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Colorful teas and meal replacement shakes with alluring health benefits all over social media draw customers to new smoothie stores that are popping up around Columbia. But what’s really behind the storefronts selling colorful drinks with fun names?
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NEW:
@UofSC
President Bob Caslen submitted his resignation after plagiarizing part of his commencement speech, but the board chairman declined to accept it.
The latest:
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