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SportsROCK HILL, S.C. — Winthrop women pulled away with a 13-0 run in the fourth quarter Tuesday and beat Johnson C. Smith 84-57 at Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill. The Eagles led 22-15 after one quarter and 45-29 at halftime. They carried a 67-47 edge…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers manager Pat Murphy was voted National League Manager of the Year on Tuesday for the third season in a row, making him the first manager in big-league history to win the Baseball Writers' Association of America award three straight times. Murphy,…
From the HERE City State DeskHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — South Carolina's men's soccer team is one win from its first conference championship match in more than a decade, but it will have to beat a familiar problem to get there. The sixth-seeded Gamecocks (11-5-2) play second-seeded Marshall in the Sun Belt…
From the HERE City State DeskPENSACOLA, Fla. — South Carolina needed less than five minutes to take control of its SEC Tournament quarterfinal, and Georgia never found a way back. The second-seeded Gamecocks beat the 10th-seeded Bulldogs 3-0 on Tuesday to advance to the semifinals, improving to 13-2-3. Georgia finished…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina puts its unbeaten start on the line Wednesday night against a Saint Peter's team that has struggled to score but nearly stole each of its last two games. Tipoff at Colonial Life Arena is 7 p.m., with the game on…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina keeps climbing. The Gamecocks jumped four places, landing at No. 17 when the playoff selection committee put out its second set of rankings Tuesday night, on the heels of a fourth consecutive Southeastern Conference victory. The latest came Saturday at…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers is now on the short list for one of college football's top individual honors. The senior from Florence was named Tuesday as one of 18 semifinalists for the Maxwell Award, which goes to the best offensive player…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson hosts Georgia Tech at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 14, for Senior Day and a milestone for head coach Dabo Swinney. Kickoff in Clemson is 12:30 p.m., and The CW has the broadcast. The Tigers are 6-3 overall and 4-2 in…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Columbia’s South Carolina Gamecocks, ranked 20th, are getting ready for a Saturday night road game at Arkansas, with kickoff set for 7:45 p.m. Eastern on Nov. 14. The Gamecocks arrive off a victory against Texas A&M, and head coach Shane Beamer used…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Will Venable of the Chicago White Sox is the 2026 American League Manager of the Year, the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Tuesday night, capping a season in which a club that had lost 100 or more games three years running climbed…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Boston turned the first meeting between Jayson Tatum and former teammate Jaylen Brown into a lopsided night, beating the Philadelphia 76ers 123-101 on Tuesday at Xfinity Mobile Arena. Paul George, who went to Boston in the offseason deal that sent Brown to…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday named Pedro Guerrero a hitting coach on their major league staff, filling the lone opening on manager Dave Roberts' coaching group for 2027. Guerrero, 37, comes over from Miami, where he led the Marlins' hitting group…
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 Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — A longtime Irmo holiday tradition is coming back in December. Union United Methodist Church will present its 33rd annual Living Christmas Story, a free drive-through nativity, from Dec. 4 to Dec. 6. Each evening, from 6:30 until 9 p.m., the show plays out at the church, 7582…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — In Greenville, the Ottaray Raw Bar and Taphouse on Laurens Road has shut down, with Nov. 8 as its final day, after a run of under two years. The owners said sales had not met expectations and that they were proud of what they had built. They…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is trying to sell itself as more than a place to build things, pitching new energy research sites to companies that might bring their factories and jobs to the state. The push runs through SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy, a partnership of the state…
From the HERE City National Desk
BARCELONA, Spain — Workers across Spain walked off the job Wednesday in the country's first general strike since 2012, a nationwide protest built around the cost of housing that slowed transit, idled factories and shut down ports with a national vote under three weeks away. The 24-hour stoppage was called…
From HERE Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Downtown Spartanburg is getting a bigger, greener Morgan Square. City Council signed off Monday, Nov. 9, on an $18.2 million redesign, and crews are expected to start work in early 2027. Council members voted unanimously on second and final reading. They had also been unanimous on first…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Republicans will still run the South Carolina House when the General Assembly returns in January, but they will no longer have the two-thirds supermajority they built over the last two election cycles. Democrats picked up 10 House seats in last week's election Election Commission's unofficial count. One…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Historic preservation groups across South Carolina are pushing back on a federal permitting overhaul that cleared a key Senate vote this week, warning it could leave old cemeteries, battlefields and historic districts with fewer protections. The Senate voted 73-25 on Monday to move ahead with the Bipartisan…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Flu season has arrived early and hard in South Carolina, which now trails only Louisiana for influenza activity on the newest national flu map published by federal health officials at the CDC. State numbers show how quickly it is building. The South Carolina Department of Public Health's…
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