By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
We are now less than a week from Election Day. Remember that early voting continues through Saturday.
For a break from election news and political bickering, check out Tiffany’s article below on a truly remarkable event last weekend. It combines a centennial celebration with the inspiring story of a 105-year-old South Carolinian who’s still going strong. Incredible, right?
“We have kick-started our momentum story.” - Micah Mallace, president and CEO of the State Ports Authority, on its recovery.
Micah Mallace, president and CEO of the S.C. State Ports Authority, delivers the 2026 State of the Port speech on Tuesday. (Photo by Jeni Becker/Courtesy of the S.C. State Ports Authority)
By David Wren
The South Carolina State Ports Authority is now in the second phase of a three-part comeback plan that will restore its competitiveness in the South Atlantic region, its president said yesterday in his State of the Port address.
Around a hundred people attended the centennial ceremony of the Rosenwald School in St. George on Saturday, Oct. 24. (Photo by Tiffany Tan/Special to the SC Daily Gazette)
By Tiffany Tan
A 105-year-old graduate of the St. George Rosenwald School helped celebrate its 100th anniversary. It is among roughly 40 Rosenwald Schools still standing in South Carolina. Attendance by the school's oldest-living student made Saturday’s event especially remarkable.
Attendees listen to speakers at the third annual Freedom Fry at the Hilton Myrtle Beach Resort in Myrtle Beach on Monday. (Photo by Katharine Wilson/SC Daily Gazette)
By Katharine Wilson
This year's Freedom Fry took on the additional mission of bringing together Republicans still upset over whirlwind race to replace Lindsey Graham as the Senate nominee. State GOP Chair Drew McKissick acknowledged the party division as due to the special GOP primary but attributed it to the later-than-normal contest: August instead of June.
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