Radioactive Wasp Nest Discovered at Former Nuclear Site in South Carolina

(Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images) In a bizarre discovery that sounds like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, workers at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina uncovered a radioactive wasp nest earlier this month …

Athletic Director Wesley Mallette leaving UC Riverside for South Carolina

Wesley Mallette, the Director of Athletics at UC Riverside since 2021, is leaving the Inland Empire for Columbia, South Carolina, where he will take over as the Deputy Athletics Director/Chief Marketing Officer for Gamecock Athletics at  University of …

Paul Dans of Project 2025 officially launches South Carolina US Senate bid against Lindsey Graham

An attorney who lives in Charleston with his wife and four children, Dans served in Trump’s first administration. He then went on to lead the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, a sweeping effort that brought together more than 110 right-leaning …

Radioactive wasps found in former South Carolina nuclear weapons site

Radioactive wasps were on the loose in South Carolina, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, The State reported. The newspaper said the discovery was made July 3 at an old nuclear weapons facility in South Carolina. The Savannah River Site in Aiken …

Why we need to tell the stories of rural North Carolina

By Shannon Moretz Beacon Media I hesitated when I was first asked to share my story and stories from my community. And by hesitated, I mean I came to a full stop. I thought it over for several months before I committed.   It should’ve been an easy answer. …

Teenager found dead in South Carolina lake days before birthday

LAKE MURRAY, S.C. (WBTV) - A teenager was found dead in a South Carolina lake this week, officials said. Sister-station WIS reported that 17-year-old Bryson Burns was found dead in Lake Murray on Monday, July 28. Officials told WIS that Burns was on a jon …

South Carolina braces for heavy rain amid Weather Impact Alert this weekend

Heavy rainfall could lead to some form of flooding, especially in low lying and prone to flooding locations, and roadways COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina goes from one Weather Impact Alert, to another. The alert in place since last Friday for the heat …

South Carolina boy dies from brain-eating amoeba in lake

FILE-Image of a general view of a lake in South Carolina. PLEASE NOTE that this is not the actual lake the 12-year-old boy was swimming in, it's only a file photo. (Photo by JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty Images) A 12-year-old boy died from a brain- …

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South Carolina hires UC Riverside AD as new Chief Marketing Officer

South Carolina has hired University of California, Riverside Athletics Director Wesley Mallette as the athletic department’s new Chief Marketing Officer and Deputy Athletics Director, the school announced on Wednesday. “On behalf of our entire athletics …