People in Brief for June 1, 2016
WASHINGTON — Katie Couric has reversed course and taken responsibility for an edit that misrepresents the response of gun rights activists to a question she poses in a new documentary.
WASHINGTON — Katie Couric has reversed course and taken responsibility for an edit that misrepresents the response of gun rights activists to a question she poses in a new documentary.
LOS ANGELES — Filmmaker Duncan Jones says his dad, David Bowie, inspired him to make movies.
CULVER CITY, Calif. — Jeffrey A. Dash, chief executive of ScreenBid.com, has cooler stuff in his office than you do, including tangerine-dream, midcentury modern chairs from the set of "Mad Men."
BOUDOLF, Evelyn Mayfield, 90, of Charleston, a retired supervisor with the S.C. Employment Security Commission and widow of Louis Boudolf, died Monday. Arrangements by McAlister-Smith’s West Ashley Chapel.
AUXT, Jacob, Ridgeville
GREENVILLE — In the first three games of the Charleston RiverDogs’ losing streak, there were missed chances and "what if" moments to think back on in three tightly contested ballgames.
CLEMSON — It took Monte Lee’s foot meeting 27 rumps, metaphorically speaking, to turn something good into something great.
Yuriy Bekker is a violinist first and foremost, but that hasn’t stopped him from taking up the conductor’s baton or filling in as artistic director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra when it was between full-time maestros or serving as an artistic advisor for Piccolo Spoleto Festival and teaching at the College of Charleston. He...
Despite the intemperate weather, a few hundred people made their way to Marion Square on Monday night to watch a free live broadcast of Spoleto Festival’s production of the opera "Porgy and Bess."
WASHINGTON — Consumer spending surged in April by the largest amount in more than six years, led by a big jump in purchases of autos and other durable goods.
SUMMERVILLE — Dorchester District 2 school board and North Charleston City Council took the plunge Tuesday on what they called the premiere aquatics center in the Lowcountry.
Canadian baritone Tyler Duncan has returned to Spoleto Festival to perform once again in the chamber music series at the Dock Street Theatre. Among his various duties, Duncan will premiere music by this year’s composer-in-residence Osvaldo Golijov that, in the singer’s words, "fits like a glove."
Of the musicians performing George Crumb’s "Ancient Voices of Children," William "Bill" Drury is one of the most experienced. He is 11 years old.
"Two forms in one body. That was interesting for me."
Property taxes won’t increase for Charleston County residents in the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
COLUMBIA — S.C. House Speaker Jay Lucas blasted Gov. Nikki Haley and the state Senate on Tuesday, saying the House has tried everything it could to fix roads this year.
Amod Ogale has spent decades studying composite materials that are stronger and lighter than steel and can increase fuel efficiency in airplanes and automobiles.
COLUMBIA — There was no lingering disappointment after a two-and-out performance in the conference tournament, no anger over not receiving a national seed from the NCAA. Happy to be there? It might seem strange for a program with 11 College World Series trips and two national titles, but for South Carolina, the description just might fit.
A Belle Hall Elementary School bus caught fire Tuesday afternoon on U.S. Highway 17 in Mount Pleasant.
COLUMBIA — In an effort to bring trust back into the Statehouse, members of the S.C. House and Senate are poised to agree on legislation that would create an independent panel to investigate lawmakers accused of wrongdoing.
COLUMBIA — In an effort to bring trust back into the Statehouse, members of the S.C. House and Senate are poised to agree on legislation that would create an independent panel to investigate lawmakers accused of wrongdoing.
Matt Braeuer has been named director of men’s basketball operations at College of Charleston, the school announced Tuesday.
As far as rites of passage go, strolling through the halls of your elementary school as children shout your praises and shower you with confetti is a joyful way to enter adulthood.
The parent of Tidelands Bank reported a wider first quarter loss in what is probably its final earnings report as an independent company.