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SportsLAURENS, S.C. — Laurens Academy’s Caleb Hardy has been picked as the Laurens County Touchdown Club’s Player of the Week for his work in the Crusaders’ comeback over Newberry Academy last Friday. Hardy, who lines up at H-back on offense and linebacker on defense, carried…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College men’s soccer plays its last home game of the season Tuesday night, welcoming Davidson to Martin Stadium in Clinton for a 7 p.m. kickoff. The evening doubles as Senior Night. Six players will be recognized in a ceremony at 6:45…
SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Laurens Academy’s volleyball team came within a couple of points of another state championship Monday night, but Cambridge Academy won a fifth-set tiebreak 16-14 to take the SCISA Class 1A title at Spartanburg Christian Academy. Cambridge won the match 3-2. The Cougars…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two straight wins over ranked teams have South Carolina football trending up in the analytics, and the Gamecocks now know when they will play their next home game: the SEC set the Nov. 7 visit from Texas A&M for 3 p.m. Eastern…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women's basketball will begin its season an ocean away. The top-ranked Gamecocks face No. 17 Maryland on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon Eastern at Adidas Arena in Paris, the opening half of a four-team college doubleheader in the French capital.…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State gets a quick turnaround and a national television window this week. The ranked Bulldogs, two-time defending MEAC champions, play at Morgan State on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. Coach Chennis Berry's…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
Business
LAURENS, S.C. — Laurens County is set to gain a new law practice. Attorney Michanna Talley Tate says she will open her own firm in Laurens, though a site for the office has not been chosen yet. The firm plans to concentrate on three kinds of cases: disputes over real…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when it returns in January 2027, with senators from both parties already sketching out rules on water, power and public disclosure. Sen. Tom…
Public Safety
JOANNA, S.C. — Staff at the Laurens County Sheriff’s Animal Shelter want neighbors in the Joanna community to help them figure out who let a young dog suffer with a collar that had grown into her neck. Shelter staff say the female, about 8 months old, had been spotted roaming…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a week left before voters statewide pick a U.S. senator, both campaigns in the race picked up heavyweight help Monday: two former governors from opposite parties lined up behind Democrat Annie Andrews, and President Donald Trump scheduled his second South Carolina rally of the month for…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The chief legal counsel to Gov. Henry McMaster is in line for a lifetime seat on the federal bench in South Carolina, after the White House sent his nomination paperwork to the U.S. Senate even before President Donald Trump formally announced the pick. The Senate Judiciary Committee…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The statewide fight over data centers and the economic investment they promise has moved from county council chambers into the U.S. Senate race voters will settle Nov. 3, where an industry-backed super PAC is pouring money into ads to help Republican Sen. Darline Graham hold her seat…
From the HERE City State Desk
NEWBERRY, S.C. — South Carolina rural hospitals are the testing ground for a new six-month federal and state pilot that will give them cybersecurity help from major technology companies at no cost, under a program launched Monday at Newberry Health. The effort, called Project Lifeline 250, was rolled out by…
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