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SportsVALPARAISO, Ind. — Presbyterian College football goes for a fourth straight Pioneer Football League victory Saturday when the Blue Hose visit Valparaiso at Brown Field, with kickoff set for 1 p.m. Eastern. The Blue Hose arrive at 4-3 overall and 3-1 in league play after…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College volleyball led for much of the first set Friday night, but Winthrop took control from there and swept the Blue Hose 25-22, 25-12, 25-15 at the Templeton Center in Clinton. The loss dropped PC to 8-14 overall and 2-6 in…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College volleyball stays in Clinton for a second straight weekend, with two Big South matches at the Templeton Center: Winthrop on Friday, Oct. 23, at 6 p.m. and Gardner-Webb on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 2 p.m. The Blue Hose come in…
From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State begins its bid for a third MEAC championship in a row on Saturday, and it does so in front of a Homecoming crowd. The Bulldogs host Norfolk State at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers had to win the opener of the World Series twice on Friday night, holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 at American Family Field after a replay review erased what everyone in the ballpark thought was the final out.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — It took Jacob Misiorowski exactly one throw to put his name in the World Series record book. The Brewers right-hander began Friday night’s opener against Tampa Bay with a four-seam fastball clocked at 103.5 mph by Statcast, the hardest pitch thrown in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — The NFL has docked Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams $11,941 for the cleats he wore in Atlanta, ruling that the shoes broke league uniform and equipment rules because they carried a logo the league has not approved. The league notified Williams by letter…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Dalton Knecht has a new NBA home. The New York Knicks finalized a two-way contract with the 25-year-old forward on Friday and put Kevin McCullar Jr. on waivers to clear the spot. Knecht became available when the Los Angeles Lakers let him…
From the HERE City National DeskTALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith picked the last trip through the tri-oval to make his move Friday, slipping past Ty Majeski in a two-lap overtime dash to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, his first victory in the series. Smith drove the…
From the HERE City National DeskMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, the sharpshooting guard who spent last season at West Virginia, intends to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal while he presses a court case to win one more year of college basketball. His representatives announced the plan Friday.…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley landed another of the top prospects in the 2027 class on Friday when Jordyn Palmer, a five-star wing from Westtown School in suburban Philadelphia, announced she will play for South Carolina. Palmer is rated among the top 10 players in…
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Britt McHenry, the former sports television reporter who joined the State Department as a press adviser this fall, is out of the job after a confrontation in the stands at a Washington Wizards game went viral. McHenry resigned Friday, two days after the…
Events
CLINTON, S.C. — Expecting parents in Laurens County are invited to a free morning of gifts and support next month, when the Upstate Pregnancy Center brings back its Bundles of Joy Community Baby Shower in Clinton. The second annual shower runs from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 14,…
Events
CLINTON, S.C. — Downtown Clinton will turn into a trick-or-treat route for one evening next week, when the City of Clinton and the South Carolina Department of Social Services hold Monster Mash on Main Street on Thursday, Oct. 29. The trunk-or-treat runs from 5 to 8 p.m., centered at 122…
Business
LAURENS, S.C. — Downtown Eats & Sweets, the scratch-cooking cafe and bakery on the public square in Laurens, Clinton’s fellow Laurens County city, will shut its doors for good by the evening of Friday, Oct. 30, little more than six months after it opened. The restaurant announced the closing Wednesday…
Crime
CLINTON, S.C. — Damin Lamont Williams Jr. is in custody and faces a string of charges after an argument outside the Wendy's on Highway 56 in Clinton turned into gunfire Tuesday night, the Laurens County Sheriff's Office said. The call reporting gunfire came in around 8:15 p.m., and deputies arriving…
From the HERE City National Desk
PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh round of nationwide protests, a week after demonstrations over the cost of living were overtaken by some of the worst rioting and looting the country has seen in years. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez…
From the HERE City National Desk
HURRICANE, Utah — Southwest Utah’s city of Hurricane is under a local emergency after a burst of heavy rain Thursday sent a wall of muddy water down Gould Wash, tearing through the red rock near Sky Mountain Golf Course and into neighborhoods below. City officials said early counts showed roughly…
Politics
CLINTON, S.C. — Two housing proposals that stalled at the Clinton Planning Commission in October are headed for a public hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to a notice posted by the City of Clinton. The hearing starts at 6 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at 211 North Broad…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before the Nov. 3 midterm election, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday. The Justice Department went…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Iran has sharply ramped up its effort to go after American personnel outside the United States, and some of its plans to kill U.S. citizens have moved into late stages in the Middle East and in other countries, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Secretary of State…
From the HERE City National Desk
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple first folding iPhone had barely reached customers before some owners began posting photos of inner screens that had split along the hinge, an early worry for a phone that sells for about $2,000. The iPhone Duo went on sale Friday, Oct. 23, reaching buyers in China…
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