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From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men's basketball starts the games that count on Monday, Nov. 2, when Stetson visits Littlejohn Coliseum for a 7 p.m. tip. Brad Brownell's Tigers head into the opener unbeaten in the preseason. They edged Georgia 82-80 on Oct. 23 and then…
From the HERE City State DeskNORMAN, Okla. — South Carolina heads west this weekend looking to stretch a two-game winning streak to three. The Gamecocks face Oklahoma at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Norman, with the game on SEC Network. It is just the second trip to Norman in program history…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State turned a close first half into a blowout Thursday night, scoring the last 30 points of the game on the way to a 51-10 win over Morgan State in Baltimore. Keely Watson was sharp at quarterback from start to…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
Education
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Lexington, S.C., used their car line for something different on Wednesday, Oct. 28, turning it into a drive-thru where local law enforcement officers and emergency medical crews could be thanked in person for National First Responders Day. As the officers…
Business
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Groucho's Deli is adding a shop on South Lake Drive in Lexington County, and the owners are aiming for an opening in January 2027. The sandwich shop will take over the space where Buck's Pizza used to operate, at 1856 South Lake Dr., Suite B. That is…
From the HERE City State Desk
GAFFNEY, S.C. — Upstate South Carolina now has a working solar module factory. First Solar opened the first phase of its Cherokee County plant on Oct. 28, with state and federal leaders on hand for the ribbon cutting on the factory floor. Roughly 500 people already work there. The company…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Diners across South Carolina should start seeing notices about where their shrimp came from. The Truth in Shrimp Labeling Act, House Bill 4248, took effect Wednesday and requires food service businesses to tell customers when the shrimp on the plate was imported. Sit-down restaurants are not the…
Traffic
LEXINGTON COUNTY, S.C. — Walkers, runners and cyclists who now have to cross a wide, busy intersection to get between two Lexington County trails could one day go over it instead, if a study now underway backs a new pedestrian bridge near the Lake Murray Dam. The Central Midlands Council…
Crime
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Nearly half a kilogram of methamphetamine found under a car seat on Interstate 20 has led to a 25-year prison term in Lexington County for a 41-year-old man from Augusta, Georgia. Jurors in Lexington County convicted Angelo Allen on Oct. 8 of trafficking at least 400 grams…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Side-by-side utility vehicles will be allowed on some South Carolina public roads starting Nov. 18, when a new state law takes effect. Until that date, the S.C. Department of Public Safety warns, taking one onto a public road can still get a driver a ticket. Not every…
Politics
LEXINGTON, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham cast her own ballot in Lexington late Thursday, Oct. 29, stopping at the county elections office a few hours after President Donald Trump held a rally for her in Rock Hill. Her stop came around 5:30 p.m. at 605 Main St., home of…
Politics
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Lexington County is considering a zoning rewrite that would carve its unincorporated land into three residential districts, each with its own limits on how many homes can go on an acre and how big lots must be. The measure, Ordinance 26-14, won a first vote from County…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge is weighing whether the exceptions written into the South Carolina abortion ban are clear enough for doctors to follow, as a three-day bench trial over the 2023 law wraps up Friday. The lawsuit, brought by obstetrician-gynecologists and filed in January 2025, does not attack…
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