Capital city tonight. Our grace joyal is live from city hall with more on the mayors state of the city address. Grace . From the floodwaters, the mayor has put his finger on an opportunity. He sees the disaster as a chance to rebuild for the future. After more than five and a half years in office so is our daughter jordan grace who loves math columbian mayor Steve Benjamin broke his state of the city down into numbers. 2,439,000 minutes. He said hes cut the unemployment in more than half. A billion dollars has been spent downtown and the citys commitment to 21st century policing. 11 trillion of gallons fell from the sky. A disaster, the mayor says, unlike anything to challenge us since william t. Sherman burned columbia to the ground. A disaster like that can bring out the worst in people. But in the days following the 1,000 year flood, mayor benjamin witnessed something remarkable. I saw a world class city become a city of heroes. Its that strength hes looking to build on. N. Imagine
Survivors and family members of victims joined students and faculty to discuss the tragedy. The last thing she said i will call you before i leave church. Denise quarles is the daughter of Myra Thompson killed inside the church. She said its her faith that continues to be a healing grace after the shooting. What happened to my mom is beyond me. Im almost a testimony that even though you can lose your mother, you can still carry on if you believe in god and trust him. During the panel discussion, several other family members echoed quarles. Specifically sighting the bond hearing for dylann roof, where they relied on their faith to give them strength in facing the accused killer. Being there, my father spoke about how he needed to, you know, repent for what he did because thats gonna be something that hes gonna have to account for when he faces god one day. Immediately following the tragedy, the city of charleton of power of love and unity. Thats now a message quarles hopes to relay to s
There have been some reports of damage. Sam bleiweis is live from dixiana road at charleston highway in West Columbia, where a tree is down. It has been an afternoon of rain and storms in the midlands. Wis mike desumma joins us with an update on conditions along highway 77 and storms in the midlands. Mike desumma has an update on conditions along highway 77 and the 12th street extension in cayce. This is the cloud formation over garners ferry near the walmart. Heres another view of a cloud spotted off 378 toward sumter. From susan smith recorded at blanchard machine in West Columbia looking east ne towards i77 you can get weather updates in downloading the wis tv weather app. You can find it in your app store. And its free rand paul announced just this morning that he is dropping out of the race for the white house. The kentucky senator is suspending his campaign for the republican nomination. In a statement senator paul says its been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign fo
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