COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Separated by barriers, protestors were back on the Statehouse grounds Saturday to rally against a group called “Flags Across the South.”The group temporarily raised the Confederate flag where it once stood more than five years ago, something that has been done every year since the flag was taken down in 2015.John Tyler said he was at the State House that historic day to celebrate the flag’s removal, and he has come back every time the flag has gone up since then. But looking at the people who support the flag this year, he said it feels different.“For the past 5 years...…COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Separated by barriers, protestors were back on the Statehouse grounds Saturday to rally against a group called “Flags Across the South.”The group temporarily raised the Confederate flag where it once stood more than five years ago, something that has been done every year since the flag was taken down in 2015.John Tyler said he was at the State House that historic day to celebrate the flag’s removal, and he has come back every time the flag has gone up since then. But looking at the people who support the flag this year, he said it feels different.“For the past 5 years...WW…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Shirley Bannister, mother of 28-year-old Richland Two teacher Demi Bannister, has died from complications of COVID-19, according to family.Shirley Bannister was the Department Chair for Nursing at Midlands Tech and told WIS in 2019 nursing was her “God-given passion.” WIS honored Bannister with a award for her work inspiring a new generation of nurses.“She finds more than 24 hours in the day, and I don’t know how she does it to make the world a better place,” said colleague Kelly Horn in 2019.Bannister had lost her daughter Demi on September 7 and was put in the...…COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Shirley Bannister, mother of 28-year-old Richland Two teacher Demi Bannister, has died from complications of COVID-19, according to family.Shirley Bannister was the Department Chair for Nursing at Midlands Tech and told WIS in 2019 nursing was her “God-given passion.” WIS honored Bannister with a award for her work inspiring a new generation of nurses.“She finds more than 24 hours in the day, and I don’t know how she does it to make the world a better place,” said colleague Kelly Horn in 2019.Bannister had lost her daughter Demi on September 7 and was put in the...WW…