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SportsROCK HILL, S.C. — Northern Illinois and Grambling will play one of the earliest games of the new men's college basketball season when they meet at 3 a.m. Eastern on Monday, Nov. 2, at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center. The matchup belongs to…
SportsHIGH POINT, N.C. — The Winthrop University women's soccer team from Rock Hill, S.C., wraps up its regular season Saturday at High Point, with a 4 p.m. start at Vert Stadium and a long losing streak against the Panthers on the line. The Eagles have…
SportsROCK HILL, S.C. — The first college basketball game played anywhere in the country this season will tip off in Rock Hill, when Liberty and High Point meet at midnight Monday at the Rock Hill Sports & Event Center. The matchup opens the Field of…
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…
Business
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Atlas Copco cut the ribbon Wednesday, Oct. 28, on a new 200,000-square-foot plant on Celriver Road in Rock Hill, a site the Swedish manufacturer expects to staff with about 100 new hires. Called The Next USA, the building is the fifth Rock Hill location the company…
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…
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
ROCK HILL, S.C. — President Donald Trump brought his closing midterm pitch to Rock Hill on Thursday night, asking a packed arena crowd to treat Tuesday's election as though his own name were on the ticket. The visit was the president's second to the state in a little over a…
Politics
ROCK HILL, S.C. — With the U.S. Senate election five days away, both campaigns have spent the week in Rock Hill, the hometown of a Republican whose name is not on the ballot: U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman. Norman lost the GOP Senate runoff to Sen. Darline Graham by 5 points…
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. — 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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