The State

The State

The State is a daily morning publication located in Columbia, South Carolina, USA. It is owned by The McClatchy Company and serves readers across the Midlands area, making it the second largest newspaper in South Carolina. The newspaper's reporting team gained recognition as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for their coverage of Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Additionally, its former cartoonist, Robert Ariail, received Pulitzer nominations in both 1995 and 2000. On June 24, 2009, reporter Gina Smith made headlines by breaking the Mark Sanford scandal story after interviewing him at Atlanta's Hartsfield Airport upon his return from Argentina.

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  • 10 hours ago | thestate.com | Yana Grebenyuk

    Ginny & Georgia raised the stakes by hinting Paul might not totally believe Georgia's innocence while another character started to question their sexuality. During the third episode of season 3, which premiered on Thursday, June 5, Paul (Scott Porter) started to wonder how much of what Georgia (Brianne Howey) was telling him was the truth.

  • 2 days ago | thestate.com | Karl Rasmussen

    The Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels played an extremely back-and-forth game on Wednesday, with both teams gaining and losing the lead multiple times throughout the afternoon. Quality pitching was not at a premium during the high-scoring clash, as both starters were chased off the mound before the end of the fourth inning. Starters Lucas Giolito and Jose Soriano combined for 14 earned runs during the game, leaving plenty of work for their bullpens to cover.

  • 2 days ago | thestate.com | Mark Phelps

    After the first month of the WNBA season, this year's rookie class is already making its mark on the league. Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings, Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron of the Washington Mystics, Te-Hina Paopao of the Atlanta Dream, and Sarah Ashlee Barker of the Los Angeles Sparks are just a few of the rookies that are off to hot starts. Iriafen, in particular, was a standout in the month of May, averaging a double-double with 13.9 points and 10.1 rebounds through seven games.

  • 2 days ago | thestate.com | Bristow Marchant

    A new park in the Midlands is now set to open without parking restrictions after action by the governor. Gov. Henry McMaster has vetoed a proviso in the 2025-26 state budget that would have required a new state park on Lake Murray to limit visitors to those who reserved a parking space ahead of making their trip.

  • 2 days ago | thestate.com | Albert Breer

    NFL minicamps are underway-or at least the one in Chicago is (the rest are next week and the week after). You had questions. As always, I have the answers …From David Kromelow (@dkrom59): Which division do you think will be more competitive this season: the NFC North or the AFC West? David, that’s a really good question, and I guess I’d have to go with the AFC West. The reason why is in each division, there’s an established powerhouse-the Kansas City Chiefs and Detroit Lions.