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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 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 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 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…
Events
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Veterans and service members can eat, get a haircut and wash the car for free across Rock Hill on Wednesday, Nov. 11, as a long list of chain restaurants and shops mark Veterans Day with offers for those who served. Breakfast is the easiest place to…
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 Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Downtown Columbia turns its streets over to the annual Veterans Day Parade on Wednesday, Nov. 11, with the procession on the move between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Marchers line up where Laurel Street crosses Sumter Street, and the city expects better than 60 units to roll…
From HERE Greenville
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…
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 Merger Monday
SPECIAL REPORT Anthropic PBC is about to ask public investors for more money than almost any company has ever raised in a stock offering, and it is doing so with its terms still in flux. The maker of the Claude AI models was expected to begin formally marketing its initial public…
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 Greenville
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 Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — State lawmakers in the South Carolina Legislative Black Caucus will celebrate the group turning 50 with an evening gala in downtown Columbia on Saturday, Nov. 21. Food and live music are planned for the four-hour celebration, which begins at 6 p.m. inside the downtown convention center on…
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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