KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. (WFXB) – Did a candidate for Congress go too far in a new attack ad? In that ad, candidate Sheri Few references the Charleston church shooting while holding an assault rifle. Sheri Few, who lives in Kershaw County, is one of seven republicans running for an open US House seat. One person that isn’t so happy with…
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WFXB) – South Carolina’s victorious weekend didn’t go without controversy after one group of protesters made sure that almost every single fan who came out to Sunday’s game in Greenville had to walk past a large Confederate flag. The state’s Secessionist party put up the flag in the parking lot near the tournament venue on Sunday morning. The…
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WFXB) – Tensions were running high in downtown Charleston Wednesday as a lecture from Bree Newsome, the woman who notoriously took down the Confederate flag at the South Carolina Statehouse, sparked dueling protests at the College of Charleston. A protester jumped a barricade and attempted to snatch a Confederate flag away from a man and the incident was…
COLUMBIA, SC (WFXB) – The Confederate flag could soon be banned from all public buildings in South Carolina. York Rep. John King filed a bill this week that would prohibit the flag from being flown or displayed anywhere besides a museum or private property. In July 2015, the Confederate flag that flew on South Carolina statehouse grounds for over half…
CHARLESTON, SC (WFXB) – If you’ve been to downtown Charleston in the past couple of days, you may have spotted quite a few Confederate flags. Here’s why. The Secessionist Party is protesting the College of Charleston’s decision to host Bree Newsome, the woman arrested for climbing the flagpole at the state house and removing the Confederate flag in June of…
Tourism is up in South Carolina, and one study says that the Palmetto State can attribute that boost to the removal of the Confederate flag. The University of South Carolina found that more than half of out-of-state black travelers said their desire to visit the state increased when the controversial flag came down. According to the analysis, a 5% increase in…
