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From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are champions for the first time. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, wrapping up the World Series in five games and bringing a title to a franchise that…
From HERE Lexington
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…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Families can catch a Viking and his dragon on the big screen in downtown Greenville next month, with the full Greenville Symphony Orchestra supplying the soundtrack in real time. The orchestra will play the How to Train Your Dragon score at the Peace Center on Saturday, Nov.…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — A touring dance company that puts performers who use wheelchairs on stage alongside standing dancers is coming to Newberry. The show is set for 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, inside the historic Newberry Opera House. The visit grew out of the opera house’s ongoing work to…
From HERE Greer
GREER, S.C. — Regional Management Corp., the consumer lender based in Greer, turned a third-quarter profit of $15.1 million, according to results it released Wednesday. That works out to $1.61 for each share. Revenue for the three months that ended in September reached $178.8 million, which the financial services company…
Public Safety
WATERLOO, S.C. — Two county coroners are at odds over whose remains were dug up behind a Waterloo home in Laurens County last week, and the family of a missing 87-year-old Chappells man is left waiting on lab work for a firm answer. On Wednesday the Laurens County Coroner's Office…
Public Safety
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Robin Morse, who once ran public safety in Clinton and led the Laurens Police Department, was enshrined Wednesday in South Carolina’s Law Enforcement Officers Hall of Fame. Morse was one of 13 retired law enforcement leaders honored for meritorious service at a 2 p.m. ceremony at the…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C. — Human remains dug up behind a home in Waterloo have not been confirmed by scientific testing to belong to anyone, Newberry County Coroner Laura Kneece said Wednesday night, pushing back on an earlier identification. Hours before her statement, Laurens County’s coroner had identified the remains as…
From HERE Lexington
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 HERE Greer
GREER, S.C. — Greer residents will get two chances in November to hear about, and speak up on, the license plate reader cameras the city switched off this summer, before City Council decides whether to keep paying for them. City leaders laid out the schedule at Tuesday night’s council meeting.…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Louie Blanton closed out 32 years as a Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District commissioner this week with the state's top civilian award pinned to his record. State Rep. Scott Montgomery presented the honor for Gov. Henry McMaster, who approved it, during the chair's final meeting with the commission,…
From HERE Greenville
PIEDMONT, S.C. — One person was referred for medical care after contact with a bat that later tested positive for rabies in the Greenville County part of Piedmont, the South Carolina Department of Public Health said. The bat turned up close to where Bessie Road crosses North Flat Rock Road.…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — As flu cases begin to drive up call volume, Greenville County EMS wants residents to know that a 911 call does not always mean a trip to the ER by ambulance. The agency is promoting PATHS, short for Prehospital Assisted Treatment and Healthcare Services. Callers whose problem…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC fishing on Lake Murray heads into the last days of October with the water well down and the fall feeding pattern taking hold, as baitfish push into the creeks and predator fish trail behind them. On Thursday morning the lake gauge near the dam, USGS…
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