Clyburn says The Citadel needs to remove Confederate flag
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's only Democratic congressman says The Citadel should remove the Confederate flag from Summerall Chapel.
Sixth District Rep. Jim Clyburn met with reporters in Columbia on Wednesday. He said state lawmakers next year need to clear the way for removal of the Confederate Naval Jack from the chapel.
The school's board of visitors voted in June to remove the flag. But South Carolina's Heritage Act requires that state lawmakers approve the removal.
Multiple media outlets reported that Clyburn said he is not seeking removal of other Confederate statues or monuments at the Statehouse because they are historical.
Clyburn called the flag at The Citadel "a ticking time bomb.
State lawmakers removed the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds after the June shooting of nine people at a Charleston church.
Deputies: Hilton Head man shot in road-rage incident
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A 21-year-old Hilton Head Island man has died after being shot in what the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office is calling a road-rage incident on the island.
Multiple media outlets report that Rhashard Spikes was pronounced dead early Wednesday after the Tuesday evening incident.
Officials say that before his death, Spikes told investigators he had yelled out his window after a driver travelling in the opposite direction veered into his lane, nearly causing a collision.
Spikes said he and the two passengers in his car later noticed the same silver-colored vehicle trailing them, with the driver firing at least two shots.
Capt. Bob Bromage says Spikes was struck at least once, but a scheduled autopsy could reveal another injury.
Authorities do not have a description of the driver or the passengers in the suspect vehicle.
SC activists to mark 50th anniversary of Voting Rights Act
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Progressive Network and the Rev. Jesse Jackson are marking the 50th anniversary of the federal Voting Rights Act with an event in Columbia.
The activists will hold a news conference Thursday at the historic home of the late Modjeska Simkins, known as the matriarch of the state's civil rights movement.
They contend voting rights are under attack and will point to the U.S. Supreme Court's 2013 decision that struck down a key provision of the 1965 law. That section had required states with a history of discrimination, including South Carolina, to get pre-clearance from the federal government before changing voting laws.
Democratic Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter will discuss a law passed last year that requires the State Election Commission to post all voting law changes on its website.
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