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2 months ago | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The University of South Carolina (USC) retired the No. 22 jersey of former Gamecock women’s basketball star A’ja Wilson. University leaders hosted the event in a pregame ceremony just before the noon tip-off against Auburn at Colonial Life Arena on Sunday. Wilson led the Gamecocks to their first NCAA National Championship in 2017. She holds 22 program records, including all-time leading scorer with 2,389 points.
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Dec 15, 2024 | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
The S.C. high school football season concluded with the SCHSL state championships taking place Dec. 12-14 at S.C. State’s Oliver C. Dawson Stadium.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina senior Edge rusher, Kyle Kennard, won the 2024 Bronco Nagurski Trophy on Monday. The Football Writers Association of America and the Charlotte Touchdown Club award the honor to the country’s top defensive player at their annual banquet. Kennard is the to win the award. In 2012, Jadeveon Clowney was named a finalist.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Monday against South Carolina for allegedly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. - University of South Carolina football will play Illinois in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. ET. The Gamecocks are No. 14 and the Fighting Illini are No. 21 in the polls. Both teams finished the regular season 9-3 overall. If South Carolina wins this year's Citrus Bowl, it will become the fifth team in program history to win 10 games.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
mynews13.com | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. — University of South Carolina football will play Illinois in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl at the Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on Dec. 31 at 3 p.m. ET. The Gamecocks are No. 14 and the Fighting Illini are No. 21 in the polls. Both teams finished the regular season 9-3 overall. If South Carolina wins this year’s Citrus Bowl, it will become the fifth team in program history to win 10 games.
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Nov 20, 2024 | 
spectrumlocalnews.com | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina parole board has unanimously voted to deny parole for convicted killer, Susan Smith. Wednesday marked Smith’s first parole hearing following her 1995 conviction and sentence of life in prison for murdering her two young sons. On Oct. 25, 1994, 23-year-old Susan Smith murdered her two young boys, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alexander, by rolling her car into John D. Long Lake while they were strapped inside.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
practicesource.com | Elizabeth Martinez
Twelve-year-old influencer Ryan Kaji makes $30 million a year on YouTube, but he does not have a legal right to that money. Two people in his life, however, can do whatever they want with his earnings: Ryan’s mom and dad. In an article published in the Lincoln Memorial University Law Review, Deanna Cooper argues that lawmakers should require parents of young content creators to set aside some of their child’s earnings for the child’s future use.
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Aug 13, 2024 | 
theregreview.org | Elizabeth Martinez
Scholar proposes a legal framework to safeguard child content creators’ social media earnings. Twelve-year-old influencer Ryan Kaji makes $30 million a year on YouTube, but he does not have a legal right to that money. Two people in his life, however, can do whatever they want with his earnings: Ryan’s mom and dad.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu | Elizabeth Martinez
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Republican primary is less than two weeks away, and the race for the GOP nomination is heating up. A recent Washington Post-Monmouth University poll shows former UN ambassador, Nikki Haley, trailing sole challenger, Donald Trump, by twenty-six points in the Palmetto state. Despite the early polls, Haley shows no signs of hitting the brakes. The former South Carolina Governor made a pit stop to campaign at Doc’s BBQ in Columbia on Thursday.
