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Watch | Ole Miss running backs hit the field Wednesday morning
Ole Miss running backs coach Kevin Smith and analyst Enrique Davis take the Rebels through drills Wednesday morning in Oxford. Ole Miss will attempt to replace transfer and leading rusher Quinshon Judkins this fall, but Smith has a very capable stable of backs to do exactly that. Wednesday was the first practice of the fall for Ole Miss which opens its season at home versus FCS member Furman on Aug. 31. Video by David Johnson.
South Carolina implements new rule banning cell phones in classrooms
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — Students in York, Clover and Chester County schools head back to the classroom on Thursday. New this year, the state of South Carolina has banned students from using mobile phones at school. If schools don’t follow the rule they could lose state funding. Many...
Construction on All American Blvd begins in Mount Pleasant
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCBD) – The Mount Pleasant Government announced construction has begun for All American Boulevard, improving access to local businesses and neighborhoods. Officials say this project will extend All American Boulevard from where it ends near Wholesale Appliance to the roundabout on Park West Boulevard near US 17. Construction efforts began in July […]
Georgia’s largest school district won’t teach Black studies course without state approval
ATLANTA - Georgia’s largest school district won’t teach a new Advanced Placement course in African American Studies, saying the state Department of Education’s refusal to approve the course means its students would be cheated out of credit for the difficulty of the work. The decision by the...
Converting Opportunity to Wealth: Women ‘Bring It On’ at Celebration of National Minority Enterprise Development Week at The Hungry Club
For over 18 years, the Hungry Club Forum of Savannah, Inc. (HCFS) has fostered the growth and advancement of Minority-owned business development, as one way of bringing an increase in the number of Black and Women owned enterprises into the mainstream of the fabric that impacts the quality of life that drives the Savannah-Coastal Area. Toward this end, the HCFS will host its annual celebration of National Minority Enterprise Development Week (MED Week), on Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 9:30 AM in the Multipurpose Room of the WBS YMCA at 1110 May Street.
UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old in Bluffton located, unharmed
BLUFFTON, S.C. (WSAV) – 13-year-old Daniel Guerrero Suarez, who was reported missing by the Beaufort County Sherriff’s Office (BCSO) on Tuesday, has been found and is unharmed. Daniel was reported as found by the BCSO at 6:38 p.m. Tuesday. Information regarding where Daniel was found is not known at this time.
SC prison guards, inmates charged with sneaking drugs, phones into prisons
COLUMBIA — A dozen prison guards, inmates and coordinators on the outside face charges of sneaking cellphones and drugs into South Carolina’s prisons as the Department of Corrections continues its crackdown on contraband. The charges result from three separate investigations involving five prisons. Eight of the people indicted by the State Grand Jury appeared in […]
Weather Warn Days: Heat index up to 110 possible Thursday and Friday
COLUMBIA, SC (WACH) — Get ready for some major heat over the next couple of days. Forecast highs both Thursday and Friday are in the upper 90s. With high humidity still in place, heat index values could climb as high as 110 both afternoons. Be sure to hydrate, wear...
South Carolina death penalty methods legal, including firing squad, court rules
South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state's high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade.All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling. But two of the justices said they felt the firing squad was not a legal way to kill an inmate and one of them felt the electric chair is a cruel and unusual punishment.The state allowing inmates to choose from the three execution methods is far from an effort to inflict pain but a sincere attempt at...
Voorhees University COO featured in statewide business magazine
Dr. Tondaleya Green Jackson, Chief Operating Officer of the Center of Excellence for Educator Preparation and Innovation at Voorhees University (EPI Center) is being spotlighted in a magazine recognizing the contributions of women. Dr. Jackson is a 2024 South Carolina Women in Business Award recipient. She is one of 69...