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SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College in Clinton closes its home volleyball schedule this weekend, welcoming USC Upstate on Friday night and UNC Asheville for a Senior Day matinee on Saturday. First serve against the Spartans is 6 p.m. Friday at the Templeton Center. The Blue…
SportsLAURENS, S.C. — Laurens Academy starts its push for a SCISA 8-man football title on its own field Friday, Nov. 6, when the Crusaders take on Wardlaw Academy in the opening round of the state playoffs. The two teams already know each other. Laurens Academy…
From the HERE City State DeskWASHINGTON — Kickoff is 7:30 p.m. Eastern on ESPNU as ranked South Carolina State brings its perfect conference start into Greene Stadium for a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference date with Howard. The Bulldogs sit at 7-2 and 2-0 under third-year coach Chennis Berry. They are coming…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN ANTONIO, Texas — Victor Wembanyama turned in the biggest game of his career Wednesday night, piling up 52 points, 24 rebounds and eight blocked shots as the San Antonio Spurs survived a late Dallas rally and won 112-111 at Frost Bank Center. The deciding…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State Valkyries fans turned out by the thousands along the city waterfront on Wednesday, cheering the newest champions of the WNBA during a two-hour victory parade down The Embarcadero. The route ran from the Ferry Building near Mission Street south…
From the HERE City National DeskCINCINNATI, Ohio — The Cincinnati Reds have a new pitching coach, and manager Terry Francona went back to his Cleveland roots to find him. The club announced Wednesday that it hired Joe Torres, who has been the No. 2 pitching coach for the Guardians since…
From the HERE City National DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — Down two quarterbacks, the Baltimore Ravens are closing in on a trade with the Arizona Cardinals for veteran passer Jacoby Brissett, with the deal expected to be wrapped up over the weekend. Neither club has announced the move, and the terms have…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Luka Doncic made sure arena security noticed a courtside spectator who hurled the ball at a referee Wednesday night, and the man was escorted out of Golden 1 Center as the Los Angeles Lakers went on to beat Sacramento 116-103. The incident…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND, Ohio — The hottest team in the Eastern Conference heads to Cleveland on Friday night. The Philadelphia 76ers, 8-1 and atop the East, take on the 4-4 Cavaliers in an NBA Cup group-stage game, with tipoff set for 7:30 p.m. Eastern. It is the…
From the HERE City National DeskSEATTLE, Wash. — With its new manager in place, the Seattle Mariners now have to build the staff around him. The club formally introduced Jason Kanzler on Wednesday at T-Mobile Park, and team leaders say roughly half of the major league coaching jobs are still…
From the HERE City National DeskCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Top-ranked Miami will head to Notre Dame this weekend without its most productive receiver. Malachi Toney hurt his ankle during practice Wednesday and is expected to have surgery for a high ankle sprain. There is hope inside the program that the…
From the HERE City National DeskSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brandon Aiyuk, the San Francisco 49ers receiver who has spent months on the team's reserve/left squad list, has asked to be reinstated and intends to report to the club's training facility on Friday afternoon, a step that will force the club…
From HERE Lexington
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Challengers Chris Shealy and Dana Homesley led the Lexington County School District One board race in unofficial returns, while board secretary Chris Rice kept a seat among three at-large openings. Shealy topped the field with 16,608 votes, or about 17.19 percent of ballots counted. Homesley followed with…
From HERE Chapin
CHAPIN, S.C. — Chapin-area voters helped fill two Lexington County seats on the Lexington-Richland School District Five board, with Kim Gilbert and Jennifer G. Rice leading unofficial returns from the Nov. 3 election. Gilbert finished with 9,846 votes, or about 32.36 percent, and Rice followed with 9,573 votes (31.46 percent)…
Events
CLINTON, S.C. — The city of Clinton is bringing back Scots & Brats on Saturday, Nov. 7, a fall party that blends a German-style Oktoberfest with a Scottish theme and draws in students from Presbyterian College. The festival has been a fall fixture in town since 2018. This is the…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Town leaders will mark Veterans Day at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, at Irmo Veterans Park, 15 Palmetto Wood Parkway, with a public program for families, veterans and active-duty members. Mayor Bill Danielson is listed to introduce guests. Shelly Langston of the Navy, South Carolina's Military Women's…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry's Veterans Day Parade returns Saturday, November 7, stepping off at 10 a.m. along Main Street from Calhoun Street to Nance Street, with lineup set for 9 a.m. as downtown streets close for the route. A planning group that includes city officials, area American Legion chapters, and…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — ScanSource, the Greenville technology distributor, said fiscal first-quarter net sales jumped to $962.3 million, a 30.1% gain from a year earlier, while GAAP profit slipped. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 came in at $8.7 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, down from $19.9…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville filed suit against the builders behind The McDaniel townhomes on McBee Avenue, arguing runoff from the stalled site chewed up city ground reserved for a Swamp Rabbit Trail spur. Named on the complaint are a pair of McBee Townhomes entities along with Keene Development Group. The…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — A German ceramics coating firm has picked Newberry County for its first U.S. production site, committing about $800,000 and 15 positions while filling an empty building in the county industrial park. Vitreus USA, owned by Vitreus GmbH, works out of 200 Park Ave. in Newberry. The shop…
Public Safety
CLINTON, S.C. — Laurens County Coroner's Office officials confirmed a Clinton, S.C. pedestrian died at a Greenville hospital after a vehicle strike on South Broad Street Monday evening. Jennifer Ramirez, 37, lived in Clinton. The crash happened near Pinehurst Drive shortly before 8 p.m. Monday. Medics carried her to Prisma…
From HERE Spartanburg
Spartanburg, S.C. — A local anti-violence group called neighbors together Thursday night to talk about what comes next after a Halloween shooting outside a Cook Out killed two teenagers and wounded a third person. The Stop the Violence Coalition described the session as an emergency community conversation focused on concrete…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Spartanburg County Council moved three data center development agreements through second reading at a special meeting, clearing the way for final votes later this month. The largest package covers Valara Holdings, a NorthMark Strategies subsidiary planning a campus on South Pine Street with its own roughly 450-megawatt…
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