WSPA

City of Charleston makes decision on future of John C. Calhoun statue

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Over five years ago, the John C. Calhoun statue that stood over Charleston’s Marion Square was removed. On Tuesday, the City of Charleston announced that the statue must be ...
Post and Courier

Editorial: Fate of the Calhoun statue is now a private matter, and needs to remain so

For centuries, the center of governance in South Carolina has been the Statehouse, and the central governing authority has been the Legislature. That has remained the case even as lawmakers slowly ...
Post and Courier

Editorial: Turn Charleston's John C. Calhoun monument into a teaching tool

It’s understandable that the politics of this moment — one fed by passion over the videotaped killing of an African American man by a Minneapolis police officer and shaped by a white supremacist’s ...
abcnews4

Charleston City Council approves settlement over controversial John C. Calhoun statue

Dalton arson, homicide suspect crossed highway lanes in fatal crash, Kentucky Police say The runaway suspect of the Dalton arson and homicide case sped over 100 miles per hour and crossed highway ...
New Haven Register

Suits to save Confederate icons dropped in South Carolina

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Lawsuits filed to stop the removal of memorials to Confederate leaders and a pro-slavery congressman in a South Carolina city have been dropped. The Post and Courier reports ...