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Update: Missing 12-year-old South Carolina girl found safe
SUMTER, S.C. — Above video: Your Friday headlines. Update: She has been found safe. Initial report: Police in South Carolina need your help finding a missing 12-year-old girl. According to the Sumter Police Department, Auhlanah Azion Bell left her Carolina Avenue home Friday around 5 a.m. without anyone's knowledge.
Spring 2024 USC Sumter Dean's List
USC Sumter congratulates the students who were named to the Spring 2024 Dean's List. USC Sumter is located in the heart of the state, about 45 miles east of the capital of Columbia, South Carolina. USC Sumter became a University campus in 1973 and today has an enrollment of about 1,600 per academic year. USC Sumter confers two-year associate's degrees and offers baccalaureate degree programs in nursing, education, and business through USC Aiken. Palmetto College offers over 20 bachelors degrees that can be completed on the USC Sumter campus. To learn more, visit uscsumter.edu or call 803-775-8727.
SC eases requirements for child care workers to address staffing needs
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Crystal Williams' children are her world, but finding daycare for them hasn't always been easy. Many others share her struggle across South Carolina and around the country, as childcare centers continue to struggle with staffing and funding challenges. “My son, he’s four years old and...
Problems with new federal application could mean thousands fewer SC students in college
CHARLESTON – More South Carolina high school graduates are seeking state-funded, need-based grants that help them afford college. Unfortunately, that’s the aid most impacted by the U.S. Department of Education’s botched rollout of a new application. The revamped Free Application for Federal Student Aid — FAFSA for short — was supposed to make things simpler […] The post Problems with new federal application could mean thousands fewer SC students in college appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
South Carolina lottery brought in $592 million for education last fiscal year
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD)- Record-setting jackpots helped South Carolina haul in hundreds of millions of dollars for education over the past year, according to figures released Wednesday by state lottery officials. Officials said the lottery generated $592 million for Fiscal Year 2024, marking the fourth consecutive year revenue has topped half a billion dollars. “I am […]
MUSC stops gender-affirming care due to one sentence in South Carolina law
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Patients who go to any affiliate of MUSC Health for gender-affirming care will no longer be able to receive it due to a part of a law passed in May that primarily targets preventing these procedures for minors. MUSC has pointed to one sentence in the...
Number of children in South Carolina’s foster care system has dropped but homes still urgently needed
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD)- Becoming a foster parent was never part of Cindy Bogan-Baber’s plan. She and her husband had considered fostering over the years but as an active-duty military family, the timing never felt right — until about 15 years ago. “In 2010, my youngest biological child started K-4 and she jumped out of the […]
Coroner identifies fisherman who died in Wateree River after going under
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities have recovered the body of a fisherman who went under in the Wateree River on Thursday afternoon. Crews resumed their search around 7:30 a.m. on Friday and announced around 8:10 a.m. that the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources had found the victim's body. Authorities said the body of 38-year-old Antonio Hernandez was found in the vicinity of the Tail Race boat ramp, where the search initially began.
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