Instead of heading to class on Monday, some Benedict College students headed across Columbia to move their belongings to their new homes. Benedict had been using an old hotel as a dorm, but the county fire marshal issued an evacuation order last week, saying the building was an immediate threat to the life and safety of the students, mainly because it has no sprinkler system or working fire protection system. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A federal audit warns a historically black college in South Carolina must take extra steps to remain financially viable. The State reported Monday that a U.S. Education Department audit warns that Benedict College in Columbia ended the last fiscal year in a weakened financial state.

Benedict football coach Stanley Conner is recovering at a Columbia hospital after suffering an apparent heart attack during his team’s home game against Kentucky State.

Benedict football coach Stanley Conner was hospitalized after suffering an apparent heart attack during his team’s home game against Kentucky State.

There’ll be no Pioneer Bowl in 2008. The Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association said Friday they suspended this year’s game, which was to take place December 6th at Benedict College’s Charlie W. Johnson Stadium.