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Saturday was graduation day at Allen University in Columbia.

SNAPSHOTS from Allen University's commencement

Find full coverage of the class of 2013: photos, snapshots, stories, & videos.

Irmo's head coach Phil Savitz hugs Ben Hinson (10) after his team beat Lexington in the Class 4A Boys Soccer State Championship Friday night in Gilbert.

Savitz leads Irmo to state championship

Story, photos, video of Phil Savitz' from last game as soccer coach at Irmo High.

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Crime

Scenes from the Brett Parker trial on Friday, May 17, 2013.

Medical examiner: Capnerhurst could not have wielded a pistol.

Dr. Bradley Marcus’ testimony about an arm injury suffered by Bryan Capnerhurst is key to the prosecution in the double murder trial of Irmo bookie Brett Parker, who is accused of shooting his wife, Tammy Jo Parker, and framing his gambling partner...

SC Politics

Ted Vick

The Buzz: A new first at the SC State House?

State Rep. Ted Vick’s second DUI arrest in a year came in a place that is hard enough to drive around without having a couple glasses of wine – the S.C. State House parking garage.

Sports

Lexington's Adam Yonge (3) nearly makes a goal in the first half of the the Class 4A Boys Soccer State Championship Saturday night in Gilbert.

Savitz leads Irmo to state soccer championship in his last game at school

Yellow Jackets beat rival Lexington on penalty kicks in longtime coach’s finale

Business

Restaurateur, Kristian Niemi of Rosso likes to use Cherokee Purple tomatoes in his cooking. The Tasty Tomato Festival. The State talks with various people in the Columbia food industry about their favorite heirloom tomatoes.

Restaurateur jazzes up Columbia’s food scene

One of Columbia’s leading restaurateurs wants to give Main Street a shot of Bourbon.

Living

"Le grand C" Compagnie XY Portés acrobatiques

Spoleto Festival USA’s talking points

Here are the performances, including “Le Grand C” by Compagnie XY, that Spoleto patrons will be talking about

Opinion

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Scoppe: Ethics reform: At a crossroads

A YEAR AFTER political scandals launched a cluster of competing study panels and catapulted ethics reform to the top of the 2012 campaign agenda, the Legislature has reached a critical crossroads. What happens in the ...

Military

Communication officers, Capt. Pierre Glover and Capt. Julian Milligan prepare to delegate and assign tasks to other response teams as part of the disaster simulation. They are tasked with coordinating the effort with civil authorities. This month, the S.C. National Guard participate in a NORAD and USNORTHCOM sponsored exercise that focuses on Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA). Ardent Sentry 13 is an exercise that involves multi state response to a simulated category 3 hurricane and the fallout involved in that storm including a hazardous material spill. Guardsmen gather at the S.C. National Guard Joint Operations Center in Columbia to be briefed and receive their orders in their mobilization.

SC National Guard scrambles to handle big disasters

Four-day military exercise puts 1,500 S.C. National Guard members in intense simulation of potentially disastrous situations.

Nation/World

Emergency personnel respond to one of the people hit by a car, at right, during the beginning of the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival in Damascus, Va., Saturday, May 18, 2013. Witnesses said the car drove into a crowd at the parade and hurt several people, but the nature of their injuries wasn't immediately known.

Official: Va. driver likely had medical condition

Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and ... 16 minutes ago

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