Luis-Alfredo Garcia
ReporterLuis-Alfredo Garcia is a news reporter with SC Public Radio. He had spent his entire life in Florida and graduated from the University of Florida in 2024.
While at the university, Luis-Alfredo covered healthcare, statewide school board races and manatee deaths at the university's public radio station, WUFT News.
Following graduation, he spent a year at Central Florida Public Media in Orlando, Florida, as the station's inaugural news fellow. Through hurricane coverage and time spent reporting in rural towns, he discovered his love for public media and the communities it can reach.
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Friday, Feb. 13— South Carolina State University shooting— Protest in Columbia— Southeastern Wildlife Exposition in Charleston -
Some 200 people rallied outside the Statehouse in Columbia Friday to lead a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity. -
The South Carolina Department of Public Health announced the state's latest measles count Friday. -
The South Carolina Department of Transportation shared its preparation plans ahead of a Winter Storm Gianna's projected Friday evening arrival. The department shifts to 24-hour operations Friday. About 3,000 employees will stay ready for shift work. -
Dr. Ronald McNair, born in Lake City and the second African American man in space, was honored with the title of "Palmetto Pioneer" Wednesday afternoon. -
Case totals now sit at 789 and are spread among 4 counties. -
The South Carolina Department of Public Health reported 54 new cases of measles within the state since Tuesday, Jan. 20. Of the 700 confirmed cases, 524 were reported in January. -
Hundreds descended on the South Carolina Capitol grounds for the annual King Day at the Dome event, celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. -
South Carolinians marched from Zion Baptist Church to the Statehouse to mark the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day event NAACP King Day at the Dome, with keynote speaker Democratic U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. -
Although the outbreak is still concentrated in Spartanburg County, cases are reported to have spread to schools in different parts of the state like Anderson and Greenville counties.
