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From the HERE City State DeskCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Ally Tipoff turned lopsided early Sunday night as top-ranked South Carolina handled the 12th-ranked Tar Heels, 84-39. Chloe Kitts, who missed the entire 2025-26 season while recovering from a knee injury, led the Gamecocks with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Joyce…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Newberry College will start a career-readiness program called Degree Plus backed by close to $500,000 in first-year funding the U.S. Department of Education awarded, money that opens a five-year federal grant projected to reach $1.7 million. The award comes through the department Strengthening Institutions Program. Degree Plus…
From HERE Clinton
LAURENS, S.C. — Students in Laurens County School District 55 head back to their classrooms on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with every bus route staffed again, one day after a shortage of drivers sent the district to eLearning. The district moved classes online on Monday because of the ongoing bus issues.…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — College-bound high school seniors anywhere in South Carolina can now apply for as much as $10,000 toward their first year of college, after the Meeting Street Scholarship Fund opened its application to every county for the 2027-28 school year on Monday. This is the first year the…
From HERE Lexington
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Holiday customs from long ago return to downtown Lexington on Sunday, Dec. 13, when the Lexington County Museum throws open its grounds for its yearly Christmas Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. There is no charge to get in. The museum and its support group, the…
From HERE Chapin
CHAPIN, S.C. — Chapin will honor its veterans on the eve of Veterans Day with a Salute to Veterans program at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. The ceremony will be held at 101 East Boundary St., the home of Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church. American Legion Post 193 of Chapin is…
From HERE Chapin
CHAPIN, S.C. — Holiday shoppers can get a jump on their gift lists at the Crooked Creek Park Holiday Market, running 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at the park at 1098 Old Lexington Highway in Chapin. The Irmo Chapin Recreation Commission puts on the yearly market, and…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Greenville Housing Authority now owns four apartment communities in the Nicholtown neighborhood outright after closing an $8,467,553 purchase that keeps all 432 homes there affordable. Clark Ridge, Nichol Town Green, Evergreen Place and Forest View are the four properties in the deal. All were built or…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bubbakoo's Burritos, a Mexican-fusion franchise that started on the Jersey Shore, is looking at the Greenville area as the home of its first restaurant in South Carolina. The fast-casual chain is scouting locations in and around Greenville, which would give the Upstate the brand's first foothold in…
From HERE Greer
GREER, S.C. — Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin brought a blunt message on inflation to Greer City Hall on Monday, Nov. 9, telling the Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce that rising prices are still the bigger danger facing the economy. Barkin noted that inflation has run above the Fed…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The city of Spartanburg has sent its top firefighter, Chief Pierre Brewton, home on administrative leave while an outside reviewer looks at questions tied to a private company he owns. City Manager Chris Story notified fire department employees by email and named Assistant Chief Will Smart to…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — Two Spartanburg County bridges shut down to traffic Monday as the state transportation department started work on both, sending drivers onto signed detours. The longer job is on Racetrack Road, also known as SC 234, where the South Carolina Department of Transportation is tearing out and…
Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dorothy Dowe, who holds one of the two at-large seats on Greenville City Council, opened a campaign for mayor on Monday, Nov. 9, with an event at the Rupert Huse Veteran Center. The race will pick the first new mayor the city has had since 1995. Mayor…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo Town Council gathers at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, for its regular monthly session, held in the Municipal Building at 7300 Woodrow Street, just to the rear of Town Hall. Anyone who wants to speak to council has two routes. Advance registration closes at 3 p.m.…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC hunting turns to the water on Saturday, Nov. 21, when the state duck season opens for an eight-day first segment that runs through Saturday, Nov. 28, before a second segment starts Dec. 12 and continues to Jan. 31. Goose hunters get the same opening dates.…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC fishing starts the week with Lake Murray at 353.97 feet on the USGS gauge near Columbia, about 6.03 feet below the 360-foot conservation pool and down roughly 0.40 feet over the past seven days. The slow decline fits the fall drawdown that has been lowering…
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