April 2
2019: The Island News hires Mike McCombs as its Editor-in-Chief. McCombs replaced Justin Jarrett, who resigned.
– Compiled by Mike McCombs
May 9 1981: Greg Jones is born in Columbia. Jones was a star athlete at Battery
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Steven Binyard III, Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruit
May 2 1903: James Edwin McTeer, known as the High Sheriff of the Lowcountry, is born
April 26 2019: New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, a Democratic Presidential candidate, holds a revival-like campaign