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At an unassuming, blue cinder block building on a back street of North Charleston, a young woman opens a glass door that's etched with an image of an elephant.

Limestone University will hold its final graduation ceremony Saturday, closing the doors to the 180-year-old college in Gaffney.

On Tuesday, the university's Board of Trustees voted to close Limestone amid insurmountable financial pressures.

Vice President JD Vance is headed to the Lowcountry. Vance will tour the Nucor Steel plant in Berkeley County Thursday with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin. The White House said Vance and Zeldin will deliver remarks at the Huger plant, highlighting "America's manufacturing renaissance" during the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Details are still forthcoming. It's Vance's first visit to South Carolina as vice president.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man who has led South Carolina prisons for more than a decade was named as the top federal prosecutor for the state on Monday.

Happy Tuesday. Welcome to Week 16 of the South Carolina legislative session. There are six regular session days left on the General Assembly's calendar. Sine die comes at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 8.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Trisha Amboree about research showing higher rates of cervical cancer in women living in rural counties in the U.S. Dr. Amboree is an Assistant Professor of Public Health Sciences and a researcher at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center.

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