Lexi Torrence | Carolina News and Reporter

After disrupted high school, students hopeful for campus experience

By Lexi Torrence | May 14, 2020

Members of UofSC’s incoming class lost the end of their high school experience to COVID-19. Now some are worried about missing out on the start of college.

COVID-19 isn’t the 1918 influenza, but we still can learn from it

By Lexi Torrence | Apr 20, 2020

While the COVID-19 pandemic infects many in 2020, some are looking back to the 1918 influenza pandemic for answers.

Recovery continues in Hampton County after Monday’s lethal tornadoes

By Lexi Torrence | Apr 15, 2020

Residents of some South Carolina counties are dealing with devastation from Monday’s tornadoes even as they must social distance because of the coronavirus pandemic.

From portfolio to pre-K: education during COVID-19

By Lexi Torrence | Apr 2, 2020

Reporter Lexi Torrence is home from her senior year of college, while her young cousin is home from her first year of pre school. Now they are learning together how to survive family life in a pandemic.

Help! I’m in college and coloring with a toddler

By Lexi Torrence | Mar 27, 2020

I’m back home in Charlotte self-isolating with a rambunctious toddler.

Timeline of the tragedy of Faye Marie Swetlik

By Lexi Torrence | Mar 3, 2020

When 6 year old Faye Marie Swetlik disappeared from her Cayce, South Carolina, yard on Feb. 10, a massive multi-jurisdictional search was launched. This timeline details each day the search that ended in the tragic discovery of her body – and the body of her killer.