Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Upstate report from HERE Clinton.
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College wrestling gets its 2026-27 season underway Sunday, Nov. 8, when the Blue Hose host Division II Coker at Templeton Gymnasium in Clinton. The opener will not be scored as a standard dual meet. The two programs instead will run a…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — USC Upstate came to Clinton on Friday night and swept Presbyterian College 25-15, 26-24, 25-22 at the Templeton Center, handing the Blue Hose a loss in their next-to-last home match of the fall. The result leaves PC at 8-18 overall and 2-10…
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…
Education
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — Students in Laurens County School District 55 will do their schoolwork from home on Monday, Nov. 9, as the district copes with a shortage of bus drivers and a wave of seasonal illness among staff. Schools will be closed to students for the day, although principals…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
From Merger Monday
A joint venture of PGIM, Stiles Corp. and Hensler Development refinanced Peabody Union, a new mixed-use tower in downtown Nashville, Tenn., with a $310 million bridge loan from Blackstone’s real-estate debt business. Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies provided the loan, which has a three-year term and two one-year extension options. A…
From Merger Monday
TKO Group Holdings Inc., the owner of UFC and WWE, priced $1 billion of five-year senior secured notes, borrowing in the bond market with proceeds that can go toward buying back its own stock. The 6.500% notes due 2031 were issued by subsidiary TKO Worldwide Holdings LLC. The offering is expected…
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…
Politics
LAURENS, S.C. — Voters in part of Laurens County School District 55 will go back to the polls Nov. 17 to decide who fills Seat 6 on the district Board of Trustees, after neither Nick Babb nor Lee McDaniel won a majority in the Nov. 3 general election. Babb finished…
Politics
LAURENS, S.C. — Laurens County Council is set to take its first public step Monday toward a proposed industrial development in Joanna, the mill village community that sits on SC-221 between Clinton and Laurens. The project, known inside county government as Project Orange, comes in two phases. Council members plan…
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