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From the HERE City National Desk
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay evened the ALCS at 1-1 Tuesday night, topping Cleveland 3-1 behind six scoreless innings from Freddy Peralta. Peralta fanned six, allowed four hits and threw 99 pitches — a career high as a Ray. Seventy-one were four-seamers, including a 99.4-mph heater to Jo Adell, the…
From the HERE City National Desk
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Tyrese Haliburton poured in 24 points in 18 minutes Tuesday in his first Paycom Center appearance since tearing his right Achilles in 2025 Finals Game 7. The Pacers All-Star went 9-of-14 with four threes, three assists and two blocks in a 114-112 OT loss to Oklahoma City.…
From the HERE City National Desk
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Senior defender Noah Behrmann of High Point University earned Week 8 College Soccer News defensive player honors after setting up both goals in a 2-1 road win at USC Upstate. His late winner-assist stretched the Panthers’ streak to six. He leads the team with six helpers —…
Crime
Lexington, S.C. — SLED charged Charyada Onetder Davis, 38, with six forgery counts and filing a false insurance-payment claim, the agency said Tuesday. The case opened at the South Carolina Department of Insurance’s request. Warrants say Davis gave Progressive Insurance Co. altered or fake medical invoices plus a former employer’s work…
Crime
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Prosecutors say a Highlands, N.C., man who held power of attorney for someone living in a Lexington assisted-living home took more than $10,000 of that person’s money and property. The state Attorney General’s Office announced the charges Tuesday. Paul M. Bostrom, 58, faces vulnerable-adult exploitation and a fraudulent-intent…
Traffic
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — One person died and two others were hurt in a head-on crash Tuesday morning on U.S. 178 in Lexington County, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Master Trooper William Bennett put the crash at 7:17 Tuesday morning along U.S. 178, also called Fairview Road, near T.A. Fore…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Nathan Ballentine, the Republican who has held the House District 71 seat for two decades, faces Democrat Julie Zimmerman on the Nov. 3 ballot. Early voting runs Oct. 19 through Oct. 31. The district stretches across parts of Lexington and Richland counties and takes in Irmo, Dutch Fork…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to keep letting journalists from three national news outlets into the complex while their lawsuit over a September press ban moves forward. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction replacing a temporary restraining order set to expire Tuesday.…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASILLA, Alaska — At a Wasilla campaign rally Tuesday, President Donald Trump urged Alaskans to support incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, calling him the real Dan Sullivan in a tight Senate race complicated by another candidate with nearly the same name. Sullivan, a Republican, is seeking reelection against Democrat Mary Peltola, a…
Health
Lexington, S.C. — Lexington Health said it will add two stand-alone ERs and a pair of urgent-care sites in White Knoll and Northeast Columbia, expanding emergency and same-day care across two of the Midlands’ quickest-growing corridors. In White Knoll, plans call for a 24-room freestanding ER beside Lexington Family Practice White…
Health
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Lexington Health is adding two stand-alone ERs and a pair of urgent-care sites in White Knoll and Northeast Columbia, citing fast population growth in both Midlands areas. In White Knoll, plans call for a new 24-room freestanding ER beside the White Knoll Lexington Family Practice site on Brevard…
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