Sebastian Lee | Carolina News and Reporter

UofSC got a new tree. It will join 7,000 others on the campus.

By Sebastian Lee | Dec 6, 2021

During an Arbor Day celebration, UofSC planted a new tree. The Trident Maple can be found in the parking lot of the Osborne administrative building, near the Horseshoe.

A historically Black area in Columbia is changing, and residents question why

By Sebastian Lee | Nov 30, 2021

In the area bound by Harden Street, Taylor Street, Two Notch Road and Chestnut Street, a historically black area, the black population is shrinking and giving way to a growing white population.

After school weapons incidents, experts weigh in

By Sebastian Lee and Hannah Wade | Nov 3, 2021

In October, five Midlands schools students were charged with bringing weapons to schools. Experts say an increase in violence and a mental health crisis in school-aged children are parts of the puzzle.

Murky waters: Controversy, confusion swirl around Lake Murray Dam Swim

By Emma Dooling and Sebastian Lee | Oct 19, 2021

Eleven-year-old Drew Smith died in 1997 in a horrific boating accident. Now his parents have withdrawn Drew’s name from a swim event held annually in his memory.

Mask mandate or mask suggestion: Is the ordinance being enforced?

By Sebastian Lee and Hannah Wade | Oct 15, 2021

The University of South Carolina is within city of Columbia limits, meaning the mask ordinance...

Allen University professor arrested on charges of sexual conduct with a minor

By Hannah Wade and Sebastian Lee | Oct 14, 2021

Michael Alan Lane, the math department chair at Allen University, was arrested on Oct. 6 on three...

An ode to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, savior of Congaree

By Jack Bingham and Sebastian Lee | Oct 6, 2021

Although the bird was officially declared extinct by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Sept. 29, there had not been a confirmed sighting since 1944.