GRANITEVILLE, South Carolina, June 18 -- Aiken Technical College issued the following news release: Aiken Technical College student Mickyzjha Moore is one of three national winners of the $1,000 NISOD student essay contest and was recently recognized during the organization's international conference in Austin, Texas. Moore was one of three winners from over 150 entries. Aiken Tech Early Childhood Education instructor Lynda Altman and Patsy Fields, the college's National Institute for Staff a  more

ANDERSON, South Carolina, June 19 -- Anderson University issued the following news release: A generous gift of $250,000 from the Timken Foundation is a big boost to the Anderson University's College of Engineering's efforts to renovate its new home in downtown Anderson. Kurt Timken represented the Timken Foundation, located in Canton, Ohio. Todd Kingsbury and Kendrick Meekins represented the local Timken Company facility, which is located in Honea Path, South Carolina. After a lunch in the Exe  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: On this day nine years ago, nine people, all of whom were Black, were brutally murdered while they were praying and attending a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. To recognize the lives lost, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison, a native South Carolinian, issued the following statement: "Nine years ago, members of the historic Mother Emanuel AME Church welcome  more

ROCK HILL, South Carolina, June 19 -- Winthrop University issued the following news on June 18, 2024: Winthrop Athletic Director Chuck Rey announced today that Mike McGuire would join the university as the new baseball head coach. McGuire returns to the Winthrop baseball program after serving as head coach at USC Upstate the last five seasons. This marks McGuire's third stint with the Eagle program as he spent 12 seasons as an assistant coach from 1997-2002 and again in 2006-2011. "I would li  more