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SportsLEXINGTON, S.C. — The Lexington Chamber wrapped its first Autumn Open on Nov. 9 at Golden Hills Golf and Country Club, with Tidewater Boats taking first in the scramble. Angelle LaBorde, the Chamber's president and CEO, and Trey Powell, the immediate past chair, handed out…
From HERE Clinton
LAURENS, S.C. — Students in Laurens County School District 55 head back to their classrooms on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with every bus route staffed again, one day after a shortage of drivers sent the district to eLearning. The district moved classes online on Monday because of the ongoing bus issues.…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry College will start a career-readiness program called Degree Plus backed by close to $500,000 in first-year funding the U.S. Department of Education awarded, money that opens a five-year federal grant projected to reach $1.7 million. The award comes through the department Strengthening Institutions Program. Degree Plus…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — College-bound high school seniors anywhere in South Carolina can now apply for as much as $10,000 toward their first year of college, after the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund opened its application to every county for the 2027-28 school year on Monday. This is the first year the…
Events
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Holiday customs from long ago return to downtown Lexington on Sunday, Dec. 13, when the Lexington County Museum throws open its grounds for its yearly Christmas Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. There is no charge to get in. The museum and its support group, the…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — A longtime Irmo holiday tradition is coming back in December. Union United Methodist Church will present its 33rd annual Living Christmas Story, a free drive-through nativity, from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6. Each evening, from 6:30 until 9 p.m., the show plays out at the church, 7582…
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Downtown Columbia turns its streets over to the annual Veterans Day Parade on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the procession on the move between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Marchers line up where Laurel Street crosses Sumter Street, and the city expects better than 60 units to roll…
From HERE Florence
FLORENCE, S.C. — MUSC Health leaders cut the ribbon Monday on a new west Florence medical center that puts emergency care and walk-in urgent care in a single building, a first for the Pee Dee region. The center is a joint project of Intuitive Health and the Florence hospital run…
From Merger Monday
On Tuesday the U.S. government paid 5% to borrow for 10 years. On the same day a five-year-old AI company asked public investors to value it at as much as $1.4 trillion. Both things can be true, and the gap between them says a lot about where capital is going. Start…
From Merger Monday
Akamai Technologies Inc. borrowed $2.2 billion at 1% by selling investors a piece of its stock’s upside, the latest technology company to tap the convertible-bond market to pay for computing capacity. The Cambridge, Mass., content-delivery and security company priced $1.1 billion of convertible senior notes due 2028 and $1.1 billion due…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The city of Spartanburg has sent its top firefighter, Chief Pierre Brewton, home on administrative leave while an outside reviewer looks at questions tied to a private company he owns. City Manager Chris Story notified fire department employees by email and named Assistant Chief Will Smart to…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Two Spartanburg County bridges shut down to traffic Monday as the state transportation department started work on both, sending drivers onto signed detours. The longer job is on Racetrack Road, also known as SC 234, where the South Carolina Department of Transportation is tearing out and…
From HERE Aiken
AIKEN, S.C. — Aiken County election workers start a recount Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the U.S. House District 2 race, where Republican Congressman Joe Wilson holds a lead of 2,926 votes over Democratic challenger Zyon Khalifa, an Aiken native. That margin is under 1% of all votes cast in the…
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State lawmakers in the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus will celebrate the group turning 50 with an evening gala in downtown Columbia on Saturday, Nov. 21. Food and live music are planned for the four-hour celebration, which begins at 6 p.m. inside the downtown convention center on…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo Town Council gathers at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, for its regular monthly session, held in the Municipal Building at 7300 Woodrow Street, just to the rear of Town Hall. Anyone who wants to speak to council has two routes. Advance registration closes at 3 p.m.…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC hunting turns to the water on Saturday, Nov. 21, when the state duck season opens for an eight-day first segment that runs through Saturday, Nov. 28, before a second segment starts Dec. 12 and continues to Jan. 31. Goose hunters get the same opening dates.…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC fishing starts the week with Lake Murray at 353.97 feet on the USGS gauge near Columbia, about 6.03 feet below the 360-foot conservation pool and down roughly 0.40 feet over the past seven days. The slow decline fits the fall drawdown that has been lowering…
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