A 180-year-old private Christian university in South Carolina is closing at the end of the semester after failing to raise $6 million to keep its doors open. Limestone University officials said that after two weeks of furious fundraising and other actions,

South Carolina’s 180-year-old Limestone University is closing after failing to raise $6M to keep its lights on as small private schools struggle.

The long-awaited statue of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley was unveiled Wednesday near downtown Columbia. The statue, which is 14 feet tall, made of bronze and weighs nearly 2,000 pounds, depicts a smiling Staley on a ladder holding a basketball net, as if she’d just cut it down after winning a national championship.

The city of Columbia, S.C., announced on Monday that they will be unveiling a statue of South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley on Wednesday on the campus.

The Owls won the Atlantic 10 tournament title in Staley’s second year to ensure an automatic bid before making the tournament another five times and finishing with at least 20 wins in six of her eight seasons — a task that had been accomplished only twice at Temple in seven decades of existence.