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09/16/2025

A Coastal Carolina University employee has been fired and another suspended without pay for social media posts they made and shared about the assassination of conservative activist and podcaster Charlie Kirk.

A Coastal Carolina University employee has been fired and another has been suspended without pay over social media posts about the murder of Charlie Kirk.

09/16/2025

Meet The Post and Courier's Education Lab for a discussion on charter schools in South Carolina.

09/16/2025

Administrators had already fired a Clemson staff member for similar reasons ahead of a trustee meeting. The university has not named any of the three dismissed employees.

09/16/2025

One person is dead and two others are injured after a shooting near Pamplico.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after one person died and two were shot following a shooting on North River Road near Pamplico.

09/16/2025

Orangeburg native and Civil Rights photographer Cecil J. Williams made his modeling debut during New York Fashion Week in a collaboration with Actively Black, a Black-owned athleisure brand. https://trib.al/vJT65PF

Orangeburg native and Civil Rights photographer Cecil J. Williams made his modeling debut during New York Fashion Week in a collaboration with Actively Black, a Black-owned Athleisure brand.

09/16/2025

Clemson University has fired two professors over their comments disparaging conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot to death on Sept. 10.

Clemson University has fired two professors over their comments disparaging conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was shot to death Sept. 10.

09/16/2025

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. https://trib.al/A5wQput

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at

09/16/2025

LaNorris Sellers: NFL-bound? Beamer: Facing his biggest test yet?

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09/16/2025

Greg Pryor shares his tips, tricks and advice for planting a winter garden in the P*e Dee. Pryor explains how to protect gardens during cold weather, what grows best in the area and why gardeners should plant now.

Greg Pryor shares his advice, tips and tricks for planting a successful garden in the P*e Dee this winter.

09/15/2025

The board adjourned at 5:24 p.m. after Chairperson Kim Wilkerson issued a statement that trustees support University President James Clements in his effort “to take immediate and appropriate measures regarding the employees in question.”

The South Carolina public university faced a firestorm of criticism over the weekend as it looked into social media posts about Charlie Kirk’s death.

09/15/2025

A South Carolina death row inmate convicted of killing two law enforcement officers is competent to be put to death, a judge has ruled. https://trib.al/YskRSLI

A South Carolina judge has ruled Steven Bixby, sentenced to death in the killings of two Abbeville law enforcement officers, is competent to be executed.

09/15/2025

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Clemson University fired one employee and removed two others from teaching duties just days after the faculty members came under fire for comments surrounding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The firing followed an investigation, the university said, and two other faculty members were notified Sept. 12 to stay out of the classroom.

(📸 by Anna B. Mitchell / The Post and Courier)