SC State’s Roberta Williams to become SCSU’s first female inductee into SC Athletic Hall of Fame

In 2013, after James P. Clements was announced as the next president of Clemson University, he was given the opportunity for three trips to campus to meet with leadership teams and various units before he officially began work in December. “I was very intentional — and the first meeting was...

The deputy district engineer for programs and project management, Lisa Metheney, will kick start the College of Business and Information Sciences Executive Speaker Series on Wednesday at noon. The series will take place in the fourth-floor auditorium of Belcher Hall at South Carolina State University. Metheney, a 30-year Corps veteran,...

The owner and operator of Orangeburg’s Belleville Memorial Gardens, a historically Black cemetery, was issued a $500 civil penalty following complaints about the perpetual care cemetery not being properly maintained. The matter came before the South Carolina Perpetual Care Cemetery Board for a final order hearing on Nov. 2,...

Special elections are set in the Orangeburg County towns of Branchville and Norway on March 28. The elections will be held to fill the unexpired term of former Norway Mayor Tracie Clemons and the unexpired term of Branchville Town Councilman Charles Dukes. Clemons resigned from her position at the end...

A Calhoun County judge requested County Council consider the construction of a county jail and a new St. Matthews magistrate office as part of its five to 10- year capital building plan. "We are one of the few counties that does not have a jail," Calhoun County Magistrate Judge Jeffrey...

The directors of food banks in the Orangeburg community are preparing, though not overwhelmingly, for the impact of the end of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotments on Jan. 31. The assignment of emergency SNAP supplements brought all authorized households up to the maximum allotment based on household size....