Registration is now open for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “Take Kids Fishing Day” that takes place Saturday at J. Strom ...

A sign advertises the Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, in Columbia, S.C. Some of the University of South Carolina’s most prominent recent athletes are ...

Sen. Strom Thurmond in 1967. Thurmond, who opposed the landmark Supreme Court school segregation case Brown v. Board of Education and the 1957 Civil Rights Act, died in 2003 at the age of 100.

On May 22nd Thurmond's son, US Attorney Strom Thurmond Junior, said his 100-year-old father had a difficult week but was resting comfortably. The Republican had in frail health in recent years.

Former South Carolina football stars Alshon Jeffery, Marcus Lattimore call for school to remove Strom Thurmond's name from a building on campus.

Strom Thurmond was the longest-serving Republican in U.S. Senate history, representing South Carolina for 48 years and ran for president in 1948 on a platform of opposing integration.

FILE – In this March 1, 2003, file photo, University of South Carolina students head towards the 192,000-square-foot Strom Thurmond Wellness and Fitness Center in Columbia, S.C.

And yes, Thurmond, who was first elected in 1954 and who served for almost 50 years as the U.S. Senator from South Carolina, did have political influence that tied in with the growth of ...

"Surrounded by family, my father was resting comfortably, without pain, and in total peace," Strom Thurmond Jr., the senator's son and U.S. attorney for South Carolina, said in a statement.The ...

Some of the more notable recent names in University of South Carolina athletics are asking the school to change the name of its showpiece fitness center, arguing that the late U.S. Sen. Strom ...