Elvis Menayese
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WFAE
88-year-old Rock Hill resident Wali Cathcart’s family story stretches across generations of Black struggle in America, from slavery to integration. For Cathcart, many of those challenges and triumphs played out through his love of baseball, a sport that didn’t fully integrate for Black players until the late 1950s. As part of Black History Month, WFAE explores Cathcart’s journey from living under Jim Crow segregation to being honored for promoting equality.
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Google StreetviewSouth Carolina community members, students, business owners and elected officials plan to protest the establishment of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in downtown Columbia Friday. -
Center for Disease ControlA measles outbreak centered in Spartanburg County has grown to nearly 790 cases, making it the largest in the nation in more than two decades. State Sen. Josh Kimbrell tells WFAE unvaccinated students may need to learn remotely to protect others.
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Centuries-old traditional music and dance will resonate through the Catawba Reservation in Rock Hill, Saturday, during the annual Yap Yè Iswà Festival. -
Authorities in Beaufort County, South Carolina, are investigating a mass shooting that left four people dead and at least 20 others injured early Sunday morning on St. Helena Island. -
South Carolina's measles outbreak is now confirmed to be in Spartanburg County as the state's public health department reported two new cases of the highly-contagious virus. -
As the federal government shutdown halts many services nationwide, immigration courts, including Charlotte’s that serves North and South Carolina, remain open. -
If you’re on Lake Wylie in South Carolina this weekend, expect to see about 180 swimmers in the chilly water. The swimmers will take part in an event that aims to support those battling what can be a terminal illness. -
The National Hurricane Center said Tropical Storm Imelda could intensify as it approaches the East Coast. South Carolina's governor declared a state of emergency. -
West Virginia said it was deploying 300 to 400 Guard troops, while South Carolina pledged 200 and Ohio says it will send 150 in the coming days, marking a significant escalation of the federal intervention. -
The American Cornhole League hosts its championship tournament in South Carolina. The league's chief strategy officer, Trey Ryder, spoke to Morning Edition about the sport's growing popularity -
Officials announced Tuesday that a huge new data center is headed to upstate South Carolina. -
Reporter Kevin Sack's new book is a history of Charleston's Emanuel AME Church, the oldest Black congregation in the South, where a white supremacist killed nine worshippers a decade ago.
