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From HERE Clemson
Clemson, S.C. — After an open week, ESPN Football Power Index projects Clemson to finish the regular season 7-5, placing the Tigers No. 45 nationally with a 6.8 rating. Clemson sits at 3-2 overall and 2-1 in ACC play. ESPN SP-plus ratings are less favorable, ranking the Tigers No. 61…
From HERE Clemson
Clemson, S.C. — Five games into Rich Bisaccia return, Clemson special teams have become one of the most dependable parts of a team still searching for consistency on offense. Bisaccia came back to Clemson with more than four decades of coaching experience and 24 seasons directing special teams in the…
From the HERE City National Desk
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Buffalo Bills beat the Los Angeles Rams 37-34 in overtime Monday night, a back-and-forth game between the quarterbacks who won the last two NFL MVP awards. Josh Allen completed 12 of 19 passes for 210 yards, one touchdown and one interception, and ran 10 times for…
Events
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — Ford’s Shell Ring Park will open this Friday, Oct. 16, with a grand opening celebration at 273 Squire Pope Road. Beaufort County, the Town of Hilton Head Island and the Hilton Head Chapter of the Archeological Society of South Carolina are hosting the event. No…
From HERE Beaufort
Beaufort, S.C. — Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers opened its 600th restaurant on Monday, Oct. 12, choosing Beaufort Station for the chain milestone. Beaufort Station is a 209,250 square foot shopping center on the corner of Robert Smalls Parkway and Parris Island Gateway. Bath and Body Works and The Vitamin…
Traffic
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — A driver died early Monday in a head-on crash on US Highway 17 near Okatie Highway in Jasper County after traveling the wrong way into a tractor-trailer, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Troopers said the crash happened at about 1:16 a.m. Monday. A 2014…
Traffic
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — One person is dead after a car accident Sunday morning on Marshland Road near the intersection of Leg O Mutton Road. The driver of a 2018 Dodge Charger lost control shortly after 10 a.m. Oct. 11 and ran off the left side of the road.…
From HERE Beaufort
Hilton Head Island, S.C. — A driver died Sunday morning after a car left Marshland Road on Hilton Head Island and struck a utility pole and two trees, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. The crash happened Sunday just after 10 a.m. near the intersection of Marshland Road and Leg…
From HERE Columbia
Columbia, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews traded jabs over data centers, Social Security, government spending and the war with Iran in a televised U.S. Senate debate on Sunday. SCETV hosted Graham, Andrews and Libertarian Kasie Whitener on Oct. 11 in what is likely the…
From HERE Beaufort
Beaufort, S.C. — With the Nov. 3 general election three weeks away, candidates and party groups have lined up a string of appearances in Beaufort County this week and next. Republican gubernatorial nominee and South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is scheduled to join state Rep. Shannon Erickson, R-Beaufort, at…
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