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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) University of South Carolina trustees have voted to hire a retired Army general as the school's president despite complaints from students, professors and donors. The Board of Trustees voted 11-8 to hire Robert Caslen as president and pay him $600,000. Several dozen protesters...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) __ University of South Carolina trustees have officially announced a Friday meeting to vote on a new president. The agenda for the meeting will have the leader of the Faculty Senate and the Student Government president speak before trustees go behind closed doors. Trustees were...

A University of South Carolina trustee who once would have voted for a retired Army general as the school's new president says he can't cast that vote now. Trustee Chuck Allen said Tuesday his opinion of retired three-star general and West Point Superintendent Robert Caslen hasn't changed. But...

A special meeting to elect a new president for the University of South Carolina has been called off by a judge who said there wasn't enough notice. University trustees were set to meet Friday amid protests by students and a resolution from the Faculty Senate saying it had no confidence in the vote...

Wofford didn't look far before hiring associate head coach Jay McAuley to lead the program after longtime coach Mike Young left for Virginia Tech earlier this month. ... read more

The Carolina Panthers could be one step closer to calling South Carolina their home. That’s because state lawmakers are closer to passing legislation necessary for the team to make the Palmetto State home. ... read more

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) __ David Pearson, a NASCAR pioneer and longtime rival of Richard Petty, has died. He was 83. Pearson died Monday, The Wood Brothers racing team said, but details were not immediately available. ... read more

Two of the nation's largest motor speedways have opened their vast campgrounds to Southerners escaping Hurricane Florence, part of a patchwork of shelters across the region serving as a last refuge for storm evacuees. ... read more

A proposal from a state lawmaker would make it illegal to hold your cell phone and talk or use it to text while driving. Rep. ... read more