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SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Alyssa Febres, a junior guard on the Presbyterian College women’s basketball team in Clinton, has been chosen for the Kay Yow Servant Leader Award, a national honor for players who put others first. The award, named for the late Hall of Fame…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College football celebrates Homecoming in Clinton on Halloween this year, and the Blue Hose will have their hands full when Butler visits Bailey Memorial Stadium for a 1 p.m. kickoff Saturday. PC (4-4, 3-2 Pioneer Football League) has not lost at…
SportsCLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College volleyball leaves Clinton for two Big South road matches this weekend, opening Friday night at High Point and wrapping up Saturday afternoon at Radford. The Blue Hose, 8-15 overall and 2-7 in league play, meet the Panthers at 6 p.m.…
From the HERE City State DeskMYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Five high school seniors from across South Carolina are in the running for the state top individual football honor, and the winner will be revealed Dec. 12 at halftime of the Touchstone Energy Cooperatives Bowl, the senior all-star game played in…
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 National DeskVATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV welcomed the men's and women's basketball teams from Villanova and Notre Dame to a private audience Saturday, one day before the two Catholic schools open the college basketball season in Rome. Roughly 7,000 people filled the Paul VI audience…
From the HERE City National DeskOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — The Oklahoma City Thunder will be without big man Chet Holmgren into the holidays after the team announced Friday that he has a small tear in the patellar tendon of his right knee. Holmgren first felt discomfort in the knee on…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays turned down 2027 mutual options Friday on right-hander Nick Martinez and center fielder Cedric Mullins, a widely expected move that sends both players into free agency. Martinez had a $20 million mutual option for next season. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — LeBron James took over the last two minutes Friday night, and the Philadelphia 76ers held off the defending champion New York Knicks 98-93 to start Emirates NBA Cup group play at 1-0. Philadelphia had built a double-digit cushion in the fourth quarter…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — The Miami Marlins exercised Sandy Alcantara's $21 million club option for 2027 on Friday, keeping their ace off the open market on a busy day of contract decisions across Major League Baseball. Declining the option would have cost Miami a $2 million buyout.…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Golden State dug out of a 25-point hole Friday night and pulled away to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 112-95 at Chase Center in the opening game of Emirates NBA Cup group play for both teams. Luka Doncic started like he…
Education
LAURENS, S.C. — Some Laurens County School District 55 students are getting home later than usual this fall, with afternoon bus routes running anywhere from 15 to 45 minutes behind as the district reworks driver schedules. Acting Superintendent Rhett Harris said only 53 of the district 64 buses are on…
Education
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — The Laurens County First Steps home visiting program for parents of young children has earned a national Blue Ribbon rating for a second time. The Parents as Teachers National Center gave the local Parents as Teachers program its Blue Ribbon Affiliate designation, the top quality mark…
Events
CLINTON, S.C. — People in Clinton who want to remember someone can have spring daffodils planted in that person’s name, as Clinton Canopy prepares to put 600 bulbs in the ground on the Presbyterian College campus on Saturday, Nov. 14. The nonprofit’s Daffodils for Remembrance planting runs from 9 to…
From the HERE City National Desk
HOUSTON, Texas — The two biggest U.S. oil companies said Friday that their refineries, not their oil fields, did much of the heavy lifting in a quarter of soaring profits, as diesel prices stayed high and overseas buyers leaned on Gulf Coast fuel. Exxon Mobil posted a third-quarter profit of…
Crime
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — A 46-year-old man has been charged with murder after investigators found the body of a missing 87-year-old Newberry County man buried on a property in the Waterloo area of Laurens County. Richard Lewis Cribb faces counts of murder, armed robbery, grand larceny and first-degree burglary in…
From the HERE City National Desk
MUSCAT, Oman — Omani forces pulled 25 crew members off a crude oil tanker that was hit and set on fire near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, one of several ship incidents reported in the narrow waterway in a single day. The Omani Maritime Security Centre said the vessel,…
Politics
CLINTON, S.C. — Clinton City Council is set to cast its final vote Monday, Nov. 2, on selling more than 557 acres of former Whitten Center land to a private developer, and the meeting agenda does not include a public hearing on the sale before that vote. The ordinance would…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The three candidates who laid out their plans for South Carolina governor this week agree on the problems, from the cost of living to health care, schools and roads. Where they part ways is on how far state government should go to fix them, and voters settle…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The race for South Carolina lieutenant governor rarely gets the spotlight, but the candidates on the Nov. 3 ballot are offering very different ideas about what the No. 2 job should actually do. Republican state Sen. Mike Reichenbach is the running mate of Alan Wilson. Democrat Sam…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Shoppers who pay with SNAP benefits in South Carolina will find a shorter list of eligible items at the register beginning Sunday, Nov. 1, when a two-year state project called Healthy Food SC takes effect. From that day on, food stamp benefits can no longer cover energy…
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