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SportsGREENVILLE, S.C. — Clay Hendrix will coach his last four games at Furman in Greenville, S.C., this fall. The Paladins head coach said Monday that the end of the 2026 season will close out his time on the Furman sideline, a career at the school…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two straight wins over ranked teams have South Carolina football trending up in the analytics, and the Gamecocks now know when they will play their next home game: the SEC set the Nov. 7 visit from Texas A&M for 3 p.m. Eastern…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women's basketball will begin its season an ocean away. The top-ranked Gamecocks face No. 17 Maryland on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon Eastern at Adidas Arena in Paris, the opening half of a four-team college doubleheader in the French capital.…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State gets a quick turnaround and a national television window this week. The ranked Bulldogs, two-time defending MEAC champions, play at Morgan State on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. Coach Chennis Berry's…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Events
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Greenville Country Music Fest is moving to the spring, and organizers have named the three acts at the top of the bill. Gavin Adcock, Sam Barber and Ty Myers will headline the two-day festival on April 30 and May 1, 2027, at the CCNB Amphitheatre in Simpsonville,…
Events
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Two Greenville gatherings this week give families a chance to mark Día de los Muertos, the Mexican tradition of remembering loved ones that usually falls on Nov. 1 and 2. First up is the Greenville Humane Society, which opens its campus at 305 Airport Rd on Tuesday,…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The chef behind Greenville’s Michelin-starred Scoundrel is getting ready to open a second restaurant, an Italian-leaning spot called Dootsie’s in the Village of West Greenville. Joe Cash plans to open Dootsie’s in early December at 1233 W. Pendleton St. The building once held Red@28th and had been…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Rapid Fired Pizza on Pelham Road in Greenville has shut its doors for good, ending a run that began in 2019. A notice taped to the front doors of the restaurant at 4100 Pelham Road told customers the store is permanently closed, thanked them for their…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when it returns in January 2027, with senators from both parties already sketching out rules on water, power and public disclosure. Sen. Tom…
Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County voters who want to skip the Election Day crowd have until Saturday, Oct. 31, to cast a ballot early at one of seven sites around the county. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, with no voting on Sunday.…
Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville City Council on Monday gave unanimous approval to spending $10.7 million on land for the Falls Park Conference District, a downtown project the city values at roughly half a billion dollars. The money will not come from property taxes. It is drawn from the city’s parking…
Politics
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — Simpsonville could become the latest Upstate community to turn off automatic license plate reader cameras, with City Council set to take up a proposed ban on Tuesday, Oct. 27. Ordinance O-2026-14, sponsored by Councilmember Sherry Roche, would bar the camera technology anywhere inside city limits and wind…
From the HERE City State Desk
NEWBERRY, S.C. — South Carolina rural hospitals are the testing ground for a new six-month federal and state pilot that will give them cybersecurity help from major technology companies at no cost, under a program launched Monday at Newberry Health. The effort, called Project Lifeline 250, was rolled out by…
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