Orangeburg school in need of repair set to get makeover
VIDEO: Orangeburg school in need of repair set to get makeover By Dawndy Mercer Plank | April 13, 2021 at 1:55 PM EDT - Updated April 13 at 2:53 PM
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (WIS) - An Orangeburg school is about to get a bit of a makeover thanks to a state organization that develops leaders.
Participants in this year’s class of Leadership South Carolina have chosen Robert E. Howard Middle School in Orangeburg, a school in serious need of repair.
Helping lead what is being called
Project Paint the Way is Sarah Gams. She’s in this year’s class of Leadership South Carolina. If she seems familiar to you, it’s because she’s also South Carolina’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. And Merry Glenne Piccolino is the assistant superintendent for Communications for the Orangeburg County School District.
Updated: 10:34 PM EST December 18, 2020
ORANGEBURG, S.C. Orangeburg County investigators are looking for a suspect involved in a deadly shooting earlier this week. Officials say 49-year-old Karl Williams was shot and killed at an Orangeburg home when he answered the door after someone knocked on it. Karl was just a fun-loving brother-cousin, said Leslie Badger.
Badger is Williams cousin. Badger says she remembers her cousin as a humble man who would do anything to better his community. She goes on to say she was devastated when she received the news of his death. This is a man who never got in trouble, explained Williams. Then, he goes to get shot by answering the door. I was mad; I was furious.