The South Carolina Capitol grounds will soon include a statue of Robert Smalls, a formerly enslaved Civil War hero, among the statues of five white men, most with ties to the Civil War or Jim Crow.

South Carolina's Tax-Free Weekend, a 72-hour event during which a variety of purchases will be exempt from the state's 6% sales tax and any applicable taxes, will begin on August 1 at 12:01 a.m. The ...