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SC Supreme Court ruling keeps abortion ban at 6 weeks

  COLUMBIA — A state Supreme Court ruling Wednesday maintains a six-week abortion ban in South Carolina. Issuing their third ruling on abortion since 2022, …

The Family Caucus splits

COLUMBIA — The “inflammatory tactics” by anti-abortion activists demanding a near-total ban in South Carolina prompted most members of the Legislature’s Family Caucus to leave …

Commencement 2025: Occupational Therapy

PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE CELEBRATES OTD CLASS OF 2025 IN THIRD ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT AND DOCTORAL HOODING CEREMONY May 6, 2025 Presbyterian College honored the achievements, resilience, and …

More book bans

COLUMBIA — Ten additional books must be removed from school library shelves, the state Board of Education decided Tuesday, a month after questioning its own regulation banning “sexual …
Opinion

OPINION: Retirement Plan

In early April, I attended the  Hands Off! Rally  in Washington, DC. Living near the nation’s capital, I’ve always tried to engage in protests and events to support causes I …

Resistance

Think resisting authoritarianism is too big of a lift? Think again. This spring, while the U.S. resistance movement may not be in full bloom, it is blossoming. The “3.5 percent …

This Old House ...

Forty years. That’s how long I’ve been here – quietly bonding with this old house,  becoming it , you might say, as I clunk up the stairs every day with a cup of coffee …

Gun protections and a shooting in Myrtle Beach - And carrying guns in public places

Gun Rights Protected Under Two New Bills   Authored by Congresswoman Sheri Biggs Legislation Cuts Red Tape and Defends the Second Amendment Washington, DC – Congresswoman Sheri …

A GALLERY: Saving the Earth, one replacement tree at a time

A campus whose trees were ripped apart by Hurricane Helene takes one small step toward restoration last Tuesday during the Presbyterian College Blue Hose Earth Day’s Tree Dedication Ceremony -- …
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CLINTON, S.C. — On Saturday, May 3, families from Clinton and beyond gathered at LushAcres at Thornwell for a day of fun, food, and fellowship during the annual Spring Festival. But this event …
2 Chronicles 7:14 King James Version 14  If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I …
Just a few moments after saying the new Clinton Library is “about building the future,” Laurens County Council Vice-Chairman Matthew Brownlee was sitting on a stool in the STEM room with …
If you decide to attend the 3 p.m. Sunday dedication of the new Clinton Public Library -- which you should because you helped pay for it! - you will see books galore, of course, but there is so much …
Sports

The A-AA-AAA Boys Tennis Runner-up: Clinton High Red Devils
Red Devil boys tennis is the Upper State Champion - takes runner-up spot in State Championship
Next Match - Clinton High School vs Oceanside Collegiate / Philip Simmons High School Winner State Finals Round SCHSL   Saturday, May 10, 10 am, Cayce Tennis Center – Cayce, SC. …
Laurens District High School Boys Tennis - Region Champions
HISTORY MADE!
Laurens - Laurens District 55 High School (LDHS) makes another remarkable first win in athletics. The LDHS Boys Tennis Team won its first Region 1 - AAAA Championship on Monday, April 21, 2025, …
May 7-10, Big South Softball comes to Clinton
Tickets are now on sale for the upcoming 2025 Big South Softball Championship, a five-team four-day bracket that will be held on the campus of Presbyterian College for the first time ever. Fans …
Hey, We Know Her!
Senior Sofia Carles of the Presbyterian College women's golf team, and a graduate of the Clinton High golf program, has been named this week's Adidas / Game One Student-Athlete of the Week after …
FOOTBALL IS BACK
The Presbyterian College football team will be serving up a sneak preview of what's to come later this year as the annual Blue/White Spring Game looms nearer. Head coach Steve Englehart and the rest …
Clinton High School Stars Sign with Colleges
Clinton High School recently hosted a signing ceremony for two standout student-athletes, Tushawan Richardson and Jamirah Rivers, as they committed to continuing their academic and athletic pursuits …
Crime
Attorney General Alan Wilson speaks at a news conference on Monday, May 12, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C., about an effort to hold WeChat, a Chinese messaging app, accountable for its role in the fentanyl trade. He’s accompanied by North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Lt. Robert Sprague. (Photo courtesy of Attorney General Alan Wilson’s Office)
Attacking WeChat
Attorneys general from six states, including both Carolinas, say they’re demanding accountability from WeChat, a Chinese messaging and payment platform being used by fentanyl traffickers. …
KENNETH DEWAYNE MCGAHA
Regional Crime: Abbeville trafficker catches two decades in prison for half-kilo of meth
Abbeville trafficker catches two decades in prison for half-kilo of meth ABBEVILLE – An Abbeville County man with a lengthy criminal record is headed to prison for 20 years after changing …
DAVID LYNN WELLS
The FBI: Operation Restore Justice
FBI Announces Nationwide Effort to Arrest   Child Sex Abuse Offenders   Lexington — In an unprecedented nationwide operation to protect our children and mark April’s …
SC is only state without specific crimes for strangulation. A bill aims to change that.
COLUMBIA— Strangulation is among the most common type of abuse in domestic violence situations. Yet, South Carolina is the only state without specific penalties for it. A Senate proposal …
Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina Brook Andrews, left, along with Mike Tooley, an assistant special agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency, right, announced the indictment of three men on Thursday, April 24, 2025, in Columbia, related to a $30 million money laundering operation with ties to Mexican drug cartels. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)
Allegedly laundering more than $30 Million
COLUMBIA — Three men are facing criminal charges related to one of the largest international, drug-related money laundering operations South Carolina has ever seen, according to federal …
Bunky Wayne Balcombe
Attorney General Alan Wilson announces Upstate registered sex offender gets 10 years in prison
COLUMBIA – Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that, on April 8th, Bunky Wayne Balcombe entered a guilty plea in Laurens County to four counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3rd degree, …