Orangeburg

Following violent incidents earlier this year, security measures are changing at South Carolina State University's campus ahead of the new semester.

More than 44,000 people had voted early as of 3 p.m. Tuesday, according to the South Carolina Election Commission. The figure is a new state record for turnout on a single day of early primary voting. The previous single-day state high was 23,000 votes in 2024.

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.