Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Upstate report from HERE Clinton.
Sports
CLINTON, S.C. — Presbyterian College’s women’s wrestling program, based in Clinton, has released its full 2026-27 winter slate, starting Nov. 1 at the Princeton Open and hosting the Blue Hose Challenge on Nov. 15 inside Templeton Gymnasium. After a fifth-place finish at the 2026 NCAA Championships, the Blue Hose bring back…
Sports
CLINTON, S.C. — AJ Acree, a sophomore on the Presbyterian College men's soccer team in Clinton, has picked up two weekly awards after scoring both Blue Hose goals in a comeback draw at Radford, including the school honor named this week as the Adidas / Game One Student-Athlete of the…
From the HERE City National Desk
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay evened the ALCS at 1-1 Tuesday night, topping Cleveland 3-1 behind six scoreless innings from Freddy Peralta. Peralta fanned six, allowed four hits and threw 99 pitches — a career high as a Ray. Seventy-one were four-seamers, including a 99.4-mph heater to Jo Adell, the…
Education
LAURENS, S.C. — Ten schools in Laurens County School District 55 earned an overall rating of Average or higher on the 2026 state report cards, three more than the year before. The schools reaching that mark were E.B. Morse Elementary, Ford Elementary, Gray Court-Owings Elementary, Hickory Tavern Elementary, Laurens Elementary,…
Education
CLINTON, S.C. — A Presbyterian College senior who leads the student body in Clinton has been named the top student among South Carolina independent colleges for 2026. Alex Melgar received the 2026 McLean-Smith South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities Student of the Year award, a statewide honor for academic achievement,…
From HERE Greenwood
ABBEVILLE, S.C. — The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile is rolling into Abbeville this week, with a stop on Court Square on Friday, Oct. 16, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the Hogs and Hens BBQ Festival. The Abbeville visit is one of four Upstate stops announced by an Oscar Mayer…
Traffic
CLINTON, S.C. — Drivers heading east on Interstate 26 through Laurens County near Clinton should expect periodic lane closures through the end of the year while the South Carolina Department of Transportation resurfaces the road. SCDOT began the work on Monday, Oct. 5. One lane will be closed periodically between…
Traffic
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Transportation is asking residents to weigh in on plans to replace a bridge over the Enoree River where Laurens County meets Spartanburg County, a crossing destroyed by Hurricane Helene. The crossing carries S-112 and S-116, known locally as Beaverdam Church Road…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A Flock license plate reader on Fernwood Glendale Road was destroyed Monday night, and Spartanburg police are looking for the man officers saw carrying away part of it. The camera stopped sending data at 8:42 p.m. Minutes earlier, around 8:41, firefighters working nearby noticed a man heading on…
Politics
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — The two top leaders of Laurens County Council have endorsed Republican Rick Shealy in the race for South Carolina House District 14, three weeks before the Nov. 3 general election. Council Chairman Jeff Carroll and Councilman Matthew Brownlee, the council vice chairman, announced their support for…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to keep letting journalists from three national news outlets into the complex while their lawsuit over a September press ban moves forward. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction replacing a temporary restraining order set to expire Tuesday.…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASILLA, Alaska — At a Wasilla campaign rally Tuesday, President Donald Trump urged Alaskans to support incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, calling him the real Dan Sullivan in a tight Senate race complicated by another candidate with nearly the same name. Sullivan, a Republican, is seeking reelection against Democrat Mary Peltola, a…
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