On this day in 1861, the first shot of the Civil War is fired. You may remember from yesterday’s story that Confederate and Union forces had been at a stalemate in South Carolina. The federal government needed to resupply Fort Sumter, but it could not do so without treading into Confederate territory. The Confederacy viewed such federal movements as a sign of aggression and as a challenge to its sovereignty. Matters came to a head when Lincoln decided to send an unarmed resupply convoy to the st

The Columbia Police Department has confirmed a mass shooting incident inside the Columbiana Centre Mall in South Carolina. https://twitter.com/TheInsiderPaper/status/1515409433156853760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1515409433156853760%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelovetrump.com%2F2022%2F04%2F16%2Fjust-in-mass-shooting-at-south-carolina-mall-several-people-reportedly-injured%2F https://twitter.com/wsoctv/status/1515410513466900481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1515410513466900481%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelovetrump.com%2F2022%2F04%2F16%2Fjust-in-mass-shooting-at-south-carolina-mall-several-people-reportedly-injured%2F “Columbia Police Department Deputy Chief Melron Kelly said multiple people have been shot at the Columbiana Centre, but there are no fatalities reported,” according to The State newspaper of Columbia. Shots were fired at Columbiana Centre mall