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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 State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State turned a close first half into a blowout Thursday night, scoring the last 30 points of the game on the way to a 51-10 win over Morgan State in Baltimore. Keely Watson was sharp at quarterback from start to…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
From the HERE City National DeskPHOENIX, Ariz. — Phoenix’s first turn hosting the NCAA Women’s Final Four pumped $71.5 million into the Arizona economy, researchers at Arizona State’s Seidman Research Institute concluded. The results were released Wednesday. Researchers surveyed out-of-state fans in person at the April 3 and April 5…
From the HERE City National DeskBOSTON, Mass. — Roughly three of every four retired NFL players who died from 2008 through 2023 had the brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to a population-wide estimate released Wednesday by a Boston University-led research team. The researchers put the figure at 74.5%. CTE,…
Business
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A law firm with deep roots in New York has picked Hilton Head Island for its first foothold in the Southeast. Phillips Lytle LLP has combined with TaberPatrick PC, a corporate law boutique based on the island, and turned it into a Phillips Lytle office.…
Business
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — One of the largest oceanfront resorts on Hilton Head Island goes dark on Monday, Nov. 2, as The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa begins a $50 million overhaul that will keep its doors shut until about mid-April 2027. The resort, at 2 Grasslawn…
From the HERE City State Desk
GAFFNEY, S.C. — Upstate South Carolina now has a working solar module factory. First Solar opened the first phase of its Cherokee County plant on Oct. 28, with state and federal leaders on hand for the ribbon cutting on the factory floor. Roughly 500 people already work there. The company…
Crime
BEAUFORT, S.C. — A jury in Beaufort County on Wednesday convicted Bernard Garvin Jr., 35, of Hilton Head Island, of attempted murder for shooting a woman in the head during a 2023 dispute outside a Hilton Head Island apartment complex. The sentence is 20 years behind bars, with five years…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Side-by-side utility vehicles will be allowed on some South Carolina public roads starting Nov. 18, when a new state law takes effect. Until that date, the S.C. Department of Public Safety warns, taking one onto a public road can still get a driver a ticket. Not every…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina prison officials may soon get the tool they have chased for more than a decade. On Nov. 19, the Federal Communications Commission is set to decide on final rules that would let state prisons and local jails jam cellphone signals inside their walls, Chairman Brendan…
Politics
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Voters in Ward 4 on Hilton Head Island will choose between a sitting council member and a first-time challenger on Nov. 3. Tamara Becker, on Town Council since 2018, is being opposed by Rick Ross. The ward takes in Palmetto Dunes and Indigo Run. Ross,…
Politics
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Town of Hilton Head Island has a new planning director. John Fussa, who has run planning offices in three states, will lead the Planning Department, the town announced Thursday. Fussa takes charge of zoning, land use, development services and long-range planning at a time…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal judge is weighing whether the exceptions written into the South Carolina abortion ban are clear enough for doctors to follow, as a three-day bench trial over the 2023 law wraps up Friday. The lawsuit, brought by obstetrician-gynecologists and filed in January 2025, does not attack…
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