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Hengst Filtration is the 21st company to announce layoffs in South Carolina this year. It's also the second Germany-based company to announce layoffs this month. -
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott is calling for a Forest Acres bar to close after an officer-involved shooting there left one person dead on Mother’s Day. -
In South Carolina, where Catholicism has historically been a minority faith, the college Catholic population has more than doubled over the past several decades, now surpassing 218,000. -
Hurricane preparation works best when it begins before the season ever tests it—even a small step now can lower risk and reduce pressure later. -
The Social Security Administration released the list on Friday. The U.S. saw 3.6 million births in 2025, slightly down from the year before. -
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources says black bears become more active as the weather warms up to look for food as they leave their winter dens.
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Latest episodes of Walter Edgar's Journal
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Private Collection. Image © Leo Twiggs.This week we will be talking with Sara from the Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, art historian Frank Martin, and with artist Leo Twiggs about his exhibition at the Gibbes called Revelations: The Art of Leo Twiggs. At 92 years of age, Leo Twiggs has a perspective on life in South Carolina that covers fundamental changes in our state and our nation. His art is both intensely personal and a commentary of the struggles that both Black and White South Carolinians share.The show ends May 3rd at the Gibbes and opens at the Florence Museum June 1 for an extended run. -
Bob Thompson/Courtesy of the authorThis week we are digging into our broadcast archives to bring you an encore of an episode that is perfect in this 250th-annivesary year of the start of the American Revolution.Walter’s guest is Dr. Woody Holton of the University of South Carolina, and they will be talking about Horton’s book, Liberty is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution. (2021, Simon & Schuster).Liberty is Sweet has been described as a “deeply researched and bracing retelling” of the Revolution, which shows how the Founders were influenced by overlooked Americans—women, Native Americans, African Americans, and religious dissenters.
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Latest Episodes of the SC Lede
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SCETV/SCETVOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 12, 2026: we talk a little bit more about redistricting ahead of moves this week; we also bring you more of our candidate conversations with Republican Rom Reddy who’s looking to be the next governor of our fair state; and more! -
SCETV/SCETVOn this episode of the South Carolina Lede for May 9, 2026: we’re bringing you everything we have right now on an expedited redistricting push by Statehouse Republicans, all at the behest of the White House, with a week left in the legislative session.
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Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Teresa Kelechi about research linking loneliness to increased inflammation in wound-care. -
Provided/MUSCThis week, Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Diana Layne about research underway in SC to develop early support and guidance for individuals with dementia and their caregivers.
Nation and World
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A summer job gives kids more than spending money. It builds grit: showing up, taking feedback, and sticking with a task when it’s not easy. -
College is full of choices, and many students feel pressure to get it all right. Life Design, launched at the College of Charleston in 2025, uses design thinking to build confidence, clarity, and connection.
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This week, we’re flipping through the pages of the history of children’s literature.
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The winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is revealed by NPR Music's Bobby Carter. It's the 12th time that an unsigned musical artist has won the nationwide challenge. -
Stephen Colbert invited his "best television friends," fellow late night hosts John Oliver, Seth Meyers and the two Jimmies— Kimmel and Fallon— to join him, as his final show on CBS is set for May 21. -
The measure passed 93-0 in the 120-seat Knesset, or parliament, reflecting widespread support for punishing those found responsible for what was the deadliest attack in Israel's history. -
Craig Morton, who spent 18 years in the NFL and became the first quarterback to start the Super Bowl for two franchises — the Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos — has died. He was 83. -
The unanimous decision by the European Union, agreed to on Monday, was sparked by growing outrage over the devastation in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. -
Cameron Hamilton led FEMA briefly in 2025. He was removed by the Trump administration after telling Congress that the agency should continue to exist. Now, he's been nominated to lead it once again. -
The Cultural Landscape Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy organization, is asking a federal judge to halt President Trump's plans to resurface the reflecting pool on the National Mall. -
The University of Nebraska is home to the only federally funded quarantine unit in the U.S. and a separate biocontainment unit that can treat people exposed to infectious diseases. -
When given the options of "true," "false" or "not sure," and asked whether each of the incidents "was staged," a majority of respondents said they thought each event was either staged or were unsure. -
Full access to the abortion pill mifepristone, including through telemedicine and the mail, will continue for at least three more days, the high court said on Monday.
