By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
Happy Friday!
Three candidates competing for U.S. Senate will debate at 7 p.m. Sunday: Democrat Annie Andrews, Republican Darline Graham and Libertarian Kasie Whitener.
South Carolina ETV will broadcast the one-hour debate from its studios in Columbia. There will be no public audience. But there are multiple ways to watch it. In addition to airing on SCETV’s TV and radio channels, the debate will be streamed on SCETV.org as well as the network’s Facebook page, YouTube channel and app.
“Because of this, I’m not a girl dad anymore, and that’s not fair to me.” - Steve Federico on changes in criminal record keeping that could have prevented his daughter’s death.
A photo of Logan Federico is displayed during a Columbia Police Department news conference May 5, 2025, two days after she was killed. (Photo courtesy of Columbia Police Department)
By Jessica Holdman
The father of a 22-year-old killed in Columbia last year sat down with federal and local officials yesterday in a public push for "Logan's Law," which would create a national database accessible to the general public of people convicted of violent crimes. The legislation has yet to get a hearing on Capitol Hill. The gathering in Charleston, one month before the midterms, included the U.S. attorney general and the legislation’s congressional sponsors.
Some teachers said they didn't get their legally required two days of planning time ahead of this school year, the state's largest association of educators found. (File photo by Richard Ross/Getty Images)
By Skylar Laird
When teachers went back to school this summer, a state law guaranteed them two days free of meetings to plan for the year ahead. Nearly 1 in 5 teachers didn’t get them, according to a survey. Last year’s law didn’t set a penalty for failing to provide the uninterrupted planning time. The Senate education chairman says that may need to change.
Congaree National Park covers more than 26,000 acres in Richland County. It was initially preserved in 1976 as Congaree Swamp National Monument. (File photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
COMMENTARY
By John Kupfer
University of South Carolina geography professor John Kupfer writes about Congaree National Park and its 50 years of federal protection. “In a world where many natural systems have been fragmented or lost, Congaree preserves a sense of continuity that is difficult to find elsewhere,” he writes. The park's 50th anniversary celebration is Oct. 17-18.
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