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He said the women worked for the school district in various positions and had been either fired or reassigned.” And: “He also sent a text message to Briggman on Sunday night: 'I Will Take Actions Against The District My Self As A Community Activists Do The Right Thing The Media's Is Waiting On My Call.' ” Lewis' text message alleged that district staff covered up sexual misconduct and warned that he would reveal it if his demands were not met.

Columbia mayor chosen to spotlight a My Brothera s Keepera initiatives in South Carolina

South Carolina's capital city has been singled out as a success story for how other towns can get inspired by “My Brother's Keeper,” President Barack Obama's initiative to empower boys and young men of color through combinations of federal grants, public-private partnerships and ingenuity. Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin was invited to the White House on Wednesday to share with a small group of reporters what he and local partners were doing to promote MBK.

Prosecutor asks that state be allow to try Dylann Roof first

AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File Police tape surrounds the parking lot behind the AME Emanuel Church as FBI forensic experts work the crime scene, where nine people where shot by Dylann Storm Roof, in Charleston. South Carolina has primary jurisdiction over the case of a man accused of fatally shooting nine black parishioners in Charleston last year and thus should be allowed to prosecute him before the federal government does, a state attorney argued Tuesday.

The reinvention of the American South

As quietly as if a church mouse did it, the Georgia state holiday known for decades as Robert E. Lee Day this year became the decidedly more generic "State Holiday." In a state where the "Dukes of Hazzard" once careered around in a Confederate flag-emblazoned Charger named the General Lee, the decision by Gov. Nathan Deal to scratch the Southern war hero from the official celebration list should have elicited at least a few rebel yells, surely.