Orangeburg

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette will not speak at South Carolina State University's spring commencement on May 8.

The $120 million investment will create nearly 400 new jobs.

The City of Orangeburg is inviting residents to learn more about how utility bills and property taxes are calculated and where their money goes.

The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) charged Jimmy Lee Thompson, Jr., 18 of West Columbia with carrying a weapon on school property.

From July 18-19, The Palmetto Palace is providing free and essential dental care for low-income and uninsured adults.

Orangeburg photographer Cecil Williams has captured thousands of images of African Americans' fight for equal rights over decades and is now set to unveil a wall art series that depicts their history in the state. It is a story which he hopes will reach middle and high schools.

A shuttered bowling alley at the center of a 1968 integration protest where state police killed three Black students is being remade into a civil rights center. State troopers shot into a crowd of students on the historically Black campus of South Carolina State University almost 54 years ago. Protesters were trying to pressure the white owner of the All-Star Bowling Lanes into letting Black patrons use the lanes. The National Park Service is helping a non-profit group renovate the All-Star Bowling Lanes, remaking it into a fully-functional bowling alley with a civil rights theme. Tuesday marks the official anniversary of the shootings.

A South Carolina representative being drawn into a district with another House member is trying to convince the city of Orangeburg to join a lawsuit over the new redistricting maps. Democratic Rep. Jerry Govan told Orangeburg City Council last week that the House maps signed into law last month unfairly split the city and will lose cause it to lose political power. The plan puts most of Orangeburg's city limits into a district currently represented by Democratic Rep. Justin Bamberg who lives in neighboring Bamberg County. City officials says they will consider joining a federal lawsuit over the state House districts already filed by two civil rights groups.

Monsherrie Brown considers herself a walking miracle after surviving a near-fatal struggle with COVID-19. She says the medical personnel at Orangeburg's Regional Medical Center saved her.