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SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College women’s soccer opens its final home weekend in Clinton on Saturday, Oct. 17, with a 1 p.m. match against Longwood at Martin Stadium. The game streams on ESPN+. Time is short for the Blue Hose. They are 3-8-1 overall and…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College men’s soccer is still chasing its first win of the season, and the opponent coming to Martin Stadium in Clinton on Saturday, Oct. 17, is one of the hottest teams in the Big South. Kickoff against High Point is set…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Radford needed only three sets to beat Presbyterian College volleyball in Clinton on Friday night, winning 25-21 and then 25-18 twice in the first October home match for the Blue Hose. The Blue Hose started well. They led 17-12 in the opening…
From the HERE City State DeskTUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ranked 11th nationally, South Carolina’s women’s cross country team closed the regular season with another podium finish Friday, taking second at the Crimson Classic. The Gamecocks totaled 42 points in a 19-team field, trailing only host and 10th-ranked Alabama’s 17. Carolina’s five…
From the HERE City State DeskBATON ROUGE, La. — South Carolina’s volleyball team left the Maravich Center without a set Friday, dropping a 25-20, 25-18, 25-22 decision to LSU and moving to an 8-9 mark overall and 1-6 inside the league. The Tigers moved to 8-8 and 3-4 in league…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Hosting the ITA Carolina Regional Championships, South Carolina women’s tennis cleared the first wave of the singles main draw with five victories and added a pair of doubles wins on home courts. Bergqvist Larsson opened with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Charlotte’s…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bronchial asthma killed All Elite Wrestling star Benjamin Satterley, the performer fans knew as Pac, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Friday, classifying the death as natural. Satterley was 40. He was discovered unresponsive inside a parked vehicle in suburban Des Plaines on…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — College sports governing body the NCAA went to federal court Friday against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, challenging an executive order he signed earlier in the week that lets Ohio schools hand a fifth season to athletes from the 2022 high school class.…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Eagles went shopping in a division rival's practice squad Friday, signing quarterback Joe Milton III away from the Dallas Cowboys one day after ruling Jalen Hurts out of Sunday's home game against the Carolina Panthers. The team says the clot in his…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND — The Guardians and Rays will try again Saturday night after a soaking Friday rain in Cleveland washed out ALCS Game 4 at Progressive Field, the first postseason rainout in nearly four years. First pitch is now set for 8 p.m. ET Saturday. Game…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Two veterans who have spent the season in league limbo are headed back to the field. The NFL said Friday it is pulling Green Bay running back Josh Jacobs and Denver pass rusher Jonathon Cooper from its Commissioner Exempt List, clearing both…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — The NBA has told its sportsbook partners to pull a list of wagers it sees as easy to manipulate, a crackdown that arrives days before the 2026-27 season tips off. A league memo sent to betting companies Friday bars parlays that stack…
From the HERE City State Desk
CLEMSON, S.C. — South Carolina’s first veterinary college took the spotlight Friday as leaders cut the ribbon on the Peeler College of Veterinary Medicine, a campus built to train animal-health professionals for the state. Eighty Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students started in August, 60 of them South Carolina residents. Officials…
Events
LAURENS, S.C. — The Rotary Club of Laurens holds its 24th Little River Duck Race on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 4:30 p.m., in the middle of the Squealin' on the Square festival downtown. No other event raises more money for the club each year. Proceeds pay for the Rotary backpack…
Events
LAURENS, S.C. — A traveling exhibit about the everyday people who lived through the American Revolution will spend nearly two weeks at the Laurens County Museum, from Oct. 31 through Nov. 12. Called the American Revolution Experience, the show pairs illustrated panels with touch-screen kiosks holding digital biographies of the…
Business
CLINTON, S.C. — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Clinton for the Wednesday, Oct. 14 drawing is holding a $50,000 prize, and the South Carolina Education Lottery says it has yet to be claimed. The winning ticket was bought at Quality Quick, a gas station at 613 Musgrove St.…
Crime
CLINTON, S.C. — Five schools in Clinton have a city police officer assigned to them, from the youngest students to high school seniors. Clinton police assign school resource officers to Clinton High, Clinton Middle, Clinton Elementary, Eastside Elementary and the M.S. Bailey Child Development Center, which serves the district's youngest…
Crime
CLINTON, S.C. — Clinton police have been on the job in the city since 1852. For anyone who needs a report, wants to see how officers work or is wondering who follows up on a crime, here is how the department is set up. Three divisions, each led by a…
Crime
CLINTON, S.C. — Old prescriptions sitting in a cabinet in Clinton can be dropped off with police at no cost, and without anyone asking questions. Clinton police keep a medication drop box at the Bailey Municipal Building on North Broad Street. It is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Arts Commission board voted unanimously to put Ce Scott-Fitts in charge of the state agency starting Friday, while commissioners keep searching for a permanent executive director. Scott-Fitts has worked at the commission since 2019, first in artist development and later as the senior deputy…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Local tax questions will sit under the candidate races on Nov. 3 ballots in 23 South Carolina counties, asking voters whether to approve penny sales taxes and related borrowing for schools, detention centers and other capital work. A simple majority is enough to pass each measure. Union…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican and Democratic nominees for governor are staking out opposite education platforms, with Attorney General Alan Wilson championing school choice and state Rep. Jermaine Johnson pressing for universal pre-kindergarten plus a sweeping audit of public schools. Wilson’s campaign says he wants families to keep public funding…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina health officials said Friday that reported shigellosis cases are running ahead of last year, with 165 infections counted so far compared with 135 during the same stretch of 2025. Most cases this year have been among adult males ages 18 to 49, and July saw…
From the HERE City State Desk
SAUCIER, Miss. — South Carolina men’s golf wraps its fall slate this weekend at the Fallen Oak Invitational, a 15-team gathering at Fallen Oak Golf Club scheduled for Saturday through Monday. The field includes six teams inside the first Clippd top 25, led by Arkansas at No. 1, Alabama at…
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