By Seanna Adcox | Editor-in-chief
As a reminder, early voting continues in the GOP primary runoff for U.S. Senate. Locations are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and tomorrow.
“You don’t have to travel to New York, Philadelphia, even Virginia and Yorktown. You can come just a few miles down the road, right here at Musgrove Mill, and learn that important history.” - Mark Stanford, interpretive ranger at the Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site, on its 246th anniversary.
Dr. Jesse Goodwin, chief innovation officer for the Medical University of South Carolina, addresses the Legislature’s Joint Bond Review Committee. (Screenshot from SCETV legislative livestream)
By Jessica Holdman
MUSC will be looking for up to 3,000 South Carolinians to participate in a clinical trial for a new drug to combat symptoms of the flu, COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses. Legislators gave the school permission to spend $14.6 million on the human trial using federal pandemic aid. It’s the state’s first foray into funding pharmaceutical research.
Dawn Weaver, manager of the Battle of Musgrove Mill State Historic Site, and Duane Parrish, head of the parks agency, discuss a new screen at the visitors’ center. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette)
By Skylar Laird
Exactly 246 years after Patriots surprised British forces in an ambush known as the Battle of Musgrove Mill, the visitors’ center at the state historic site commemorating that fight reopened. Its $500,000 renovation includes interactive exhibits. The remake is part of a broader celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary and effort to educate the public about the battles in South Carolina that led to independence. Do you know why Musgrove Mill was significant?
U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman responds to U.S. Sen. Darline Graham during their debate Tuesday at the Newberry Opera House. (Screenshot from the SCETV livestream)
By Seanna Adcox
Here are some takeaways from the only debate between U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman and U.S. Sen. Darline Graham before voters choose one of them as their GOP nominee for U.S. Senate. With very little separation in their political stances, both argued their different backgrounds as advantages. Graham’s answers also highlighted how she’s different from her late brother, intentionally and unintentionally.
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