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Students, faculty and proud family members pose at the Ben Lippen School Class of 2013 Graduation Exercises on May 24, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Columbia.

Snapsots from graduation day for Ben Lippen

Students, faculty and proud family members pose at the Ben Lippen School Class of 2013 Graduation...

Kirkland Smith’s “Steve Jobs,” an assemblage created from Apple computer parts which won the people’s choice award at "ArtFields," will be part of "ArtFields Extended: Columbia" opening at Gallery 80808.

Otis Taylor’s Picks of the Week

“ArtFields: Extended Columbia,” Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down, ‘Hansel...

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Crime

Law enforcement officials inspect items inside the pickup that crashed at the Thomas Concrete plant after a six-minute police chase.

Irmo man arrested after Rock Hill chase and crash

A six-minute police chase that spanned two counties ended Friday morning when the driver of a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado crashed the pickup into a 4,...

SC Politics

Gov. Nikki Haley

Haley rebuffs Dem demands that she dismiss controversial advisor

Gov. Nikki Haley’s re-election campaign has no plans to remove a volunteer who S.C. Democrats and others say has ties to white supremacist groups.

Sports

Kasey Kahne climbs into his car as he prepares to practice for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Kasey Kahne has makeup to handle 600 miles

The Coca-Cola 600 is a long day that bleeds into a long night. Drivers can either fight that or embrace it. Count defending champion Kasey Kahne as...

Business

Divers on May 21 recovered four cases of wine that had been submerged in the harbor by Mira Winery of St. Helena, Calif. The winery is conducting an ongoing experiment into what effect ocean aging has on wine.

Wine aged in Charleston Harbor recovered

A California winery this week recovered four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase...

Living

Things to do and see in the Midlands, May 24-30

Sumter Iris Festival, jailbreak 5k run and electronic recycling just a few of the many happening in this Midlands this weekend.

Opinion

Penny Pritzker

Milbank: Washington: Where money talks

Call it the revenge of the 1 percent.

Military

Sherrie Hassenger poses with a picture of her husband, Arden Hassenger, who was killed when his aircraft crashed in Laos while conducting operations in support of the Vietnam War.

A long-ago war, a missing plane and an enduring mystery

Maj. Derrell Jeffords, of Florence SC, bounced his roaring Spooky 21 down and off the runway at Da Nang Air Base in Vietnam. It was just before 7:... 3 hours ago

Nation/World

In this undated image released Thursday May 23, 2013, by the British Ministry of Defence, showing Lee Rigby known as ‘Riggers’ to his friends, who is identified by the MOD as the serving member of the armed forces who was attacked and killed by two men in the Woolwich area of London on Wednesday. The Ministry web site included the statement "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must announce that the soldier killed in yesterday's incident in Woolwich, South East London, is believed to be Drummer Lee Rigby of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers."

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested

Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his... 1 hour ago

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