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South Carolina women’s basketball: Gamecocks offer local star
Columbia guard Lauren Jacobs picked up an offer from South Carolina Tuesday night. Jacobs is ranked 89th in the 2025 class. The post South Carolina women’s basketball: Gamecocks offer local star appeared first on On3.
5-star South Carolina basketball recruiting target transferring to powerhouse closer to Columbia
Major South Carolina basketball recruiting target Agot Makeer is transferring to a new school that is much closer to Columbia. The 5-star wing prospect annoucned on social media on Tuesday that she is leaving Crestwood Prep in Canada to join the team at Montverde Academy in Florida. Makeer is one...
Local groups spread awareness of opiod addiction and prevention
In observance of National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, various organizations gathered to remember those lost and provide resources for those in addiction. It was an emotional afternoon inside the Greenville County McAlister Square as law enforcement joined with families to remember the loved ones lost as a result of overdoses, an issue growing in the state.
John Artemus, Union Organizer born
The birth of John Artemus in 1885 is celebrated on this date. He was a Black labor organizer. He was born in Edgefield, S.C., to a sharecropper family. At a young age, Artemus realized that this farming system benefited only the white landlords and not the black tenant farmers. He was forced to leave Edgefield when he confronted his family's landlord over unfair wages. Artemus moved to Columbia, where he worked for several of the city's major merchants as a store clerk. He worked during the day and attended Benedict College in the evening. During these years, he learned carpentry and studied construction and contracting through correspondence courses. He worked on many homes and rental properties in black and white communities.
17-year-old Upstate girl is youngest DNC delegate for SC
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Seventeen-year-old Annika Krovi is making history this year as the youngest Democratic National Convention delegate for South Carolina and one of the youngest at the DNC. The Greenville native described the feeling of being there, among other Democratic leaders, as electric. "To be surrounded by so...
Julian Phillips previews Youth Basketball Camp in Blythewood
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Blythewood High School alum Julian Phillips is returning to the land of the Bengals on Saturday, August 24th to host a youth basketball camp. Phillips, who's in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls, is holding the camp at Blythewood High School for kids from K5-9th grade.
Residents in Kershaw County frustrated with roads turning into rivers
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Residents of the Pecan Orchard neighborhood in Kershaw County have been grappling with severe drainage issues, leading to frequent flooding in the area. “We’ve had flooding since we moved in; it’s just gotten progressively worse,” said Corlyn Buring, a resident of Pecan Orchard since 2018....
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