The Citadel News

An internal audit of South Carolina State University's annual scholarship fundraising event contains disturbing findings, including just one scholarship awarded in the past three years and nearly $300,000 in pledges unaccounted for.

His name will be associated always with the Vietnam War, a war that was America's longest and most controversial, a war that took the lives of 58,000 U.S. servicemen.

When three state troopers were charged last year with using excessive force against fleeing motorists, they turned to John O'Leary to defend them in their federal civil rights cases.

Douglas A. Snyder has been elected chairman of The Citadel Board of Visitors. Charleston certified public accountant Douglas Snyder has been elected chairman of The Citadel's Board of Visitors.

Submitted by SHNS on Tue, 06/30/2009 - 13:46. Until President Obama and his family settle on a local church to attend, their fill-in pastor will be a former All-American offensive lineman who is now a Navy lieutenant who served in Iraq, and a distant relation of Johnny Cash.

As the time draws near for the Warren County School Board to make a decision on the naming of the forthcoming Luray Avenue middle school building, the daughter of Quincy Damon Gasque, a past Warren County school superintendent, is asking that her father's name be considered.

Cmdr. Christopher P. Failla relieved Cmdr. Dana R. Gordon as commanding officer of the HSL-42 "Proud Warriors" on June 12, bringing an end to one outstanding chapter in Proud Warrior history and marking the start of another.

Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill Thursday allowing any of the 11 schools in the state university system to construct a columbarium on campus.

State supported S.C. colleges have begun making decisions on tuition and fees for the 2009-10 academic year.

If Dave Marongwe hadn't started positioning himself for a job several years ago, he likely would have been out of luck upon graduation from the College of Charleston in May.

The Citadel is preparing to stage an innovative local dialect weekend. Between June 25-27 the Waterloo Street venue is set to put on a series of local dialect performances for Sin Tellens Cum Wom - aka St Helens comes home.

Citadel first baseman Chris McGuiness has decided to give up his senior season and sign with the Boston Red Sox.

The Citadel approves a tuition increase for the upcoming academic year. According to the Citadel's Board of Visitors, they approved a tuition increase of 3.6 percent for in-state residents and 7.2 percent for out-of-state residents at its board meeting on Saturday.

OH YES they will - stage a panto in Ayr this winter that is. For council chiefs say the show will go on, even though the Gaiety Theatre remains closed.

Hartsville has a champion that possibly very few people know about. He's Larry Calvin Barrett, 22-year-old sergeant in the Marine Corps, currently stationed at Santa Ana, California's El Toro base.

A dance class on Saturday will benefit local women in need of clothes for job interviews.

Frampton Mikell Harper, 69, of 702 Taylor's Chapel Road, Rabun Gap, GA, died Saturday, June 6, 2009, following a long illness.

A legislative oversight committee voted Tuesday to approve paying $324,000 a year to Arkansas' lottery director, though one lawmaker said it concerned him that only one person was interviewed for the job.

The Colorado Springs Senior Resource Council will host the 17th-annual Senior Expo from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at The Citadel shopping mall, 750 Citadel Drive.

The Citadel has appointed retired Army Lt. Col. Chaplain Joel C. Harris as director of religious activities.