Zak Koeske

The more taxpayer-funded credit card spending Charter Institute at Erskine CEO Cameron Runyan authorized, the more rewards points he earned.

The dogs, which had open wounds and scarring consistent with dogfighting, were rescued with the assistance of South Carolina shelters, SLED said.

Only 28% of this year’s school voucher applicants attended neighborhood public or charter schools last year, down from 80% in 2024, according to South Carolina Department of Education data.

Gray Collegiate Academy principal Brian Newsome makes nearly $40,000 per year as a consultant for the charter district that oversees his school.

More than 1,000 SC voucher recipients were improperly enrolled in public schools

51 of the private schools that received public voucher dollars last year do not approve of LGBTQ students, The State’s review found.

Richland School District 1 awarded a lucrative landscaping contract to a company that failed to meet basic requirements of its request for proposals. The district has paid the company roughly $2 million since 2021.

A 19-year-old motorcyclist was killed late Wednesday on I-20 West near Columbia after striking a trailer that was being towed by a pickup truck, authorities said.

Former online students at Limestone University in Gaffney say they’re owed tuition refunds by the university, which hasn’t been responsive to their requests since closing last month.

A politically-connected Richland County nonprofit that received an $800,000 federal law enforcement grant in 2023 hasn’t filed mandatory state or federal financial reports since getting the money.

A traditional-style charter school that promises a patriotic education in a moral and wholesome environment appears primed to open on the former Policy Management Systems Corp. campus in Blythewood.

Limestone University’s charter school district will close after next school year and all of its schools will need to find new sponsors in wake of the private college’s recent decision to cease operations.

More than two years after receiving an $800,000 federal award from U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, it remains unclear how a Richland County nonprofit is spending or has spent the money.

Blooming & Grooming has ignored multiple subpoenas requesting it turn over documents related to the landscaping company’s work on the early learning center project, according to a legal motion filed last month.

One of the nation’s leading education management firms claims the Charter Institute at Erskine has abused its position to target private companies it views as competitors for the services it sells to schools.

Two Berkeley County charter schools, which are funded by taxpayers, are paying a combined $3.1 million in rent this year, and will see their rents increase 2% annually for decades, documents show.

Between February 2023 and April 2024, the Charter Institute at Erskine spent roughly five times more on out-of-state travel than either of South Carolina’s other statewide charter school districts, The State found.

The U.S. Department of Education dinged South Carolina last year for what it said was inadequate oversight of charter school sponsors and threatened the state with the loss of federal grants if they didn’t enhance oversight.

Just last month, Erskine College’s accreditor had placed the school on “probation for good cause” and denied reaffirmation of its accreditation.

A 17-year-old student, who allegedly threatened on social media to “shoot the school up,” was arrested upon attempting to enter the building, the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.