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SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Spartanburg’s USC Upstate soccer programs swept a trio of Big South Conference weekly awards Monday, with two women’s players and one men’s player recognized after big outings last week. On the women’s side, senior defender Annabelle Wunderlich was picked as Offensive Player…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Two straight wins over ranked teams have South Carolina football trending up in the analytics, and the Gamecocks now know when they will play their next home game: the SEC set the Nov. 7 visit from Texas A&M for 3 p.m. Eastern…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina women's basketball will begin its season an ocean away. The top-ranked Gamecocks face No. 17 Maryland on Monday, Nov. 2, at noon Eastern at Adidas Arena in Paris, the opening half of a four-team college doubleheader in the French capital.…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State gets a quick turnaround and a national television window this week. The ranked Bulldogs, two-time defending MEAC champions, play at Morgan State on Thursday, Oct. 29, with a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore. Coach Chennis Berry's…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Events
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Betsy Wakefield Teter, who helped found the Hub City Writers Project in 1995, launches her new book on Spartanburg’s rough 1890s with a free event Tuesday evening, Oct. 27. Her book, A Carnival of Crime, weaves together 10 linked true stories from a decade when cotton mills…
Events
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Runners in Spartanburg get to flip a horror-movie script Tuesday night, Oct. 27, when Rockers Run Club stages its sixth annual Chase the Clown run and the pack hunts down a runner in a clown mask instead of fleeing one. The free group run leaves Rockers Brewing…
Business
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Fried chicken chain Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken is now serving customers from a renovated building at 2161 E. Main St. in Spartanburg, close to the Walmart on that stretch of road. The Ohio-based company says the restaurant keeps hours of 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days…
Business
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Opponents of the Valara data center took their objections to the street again Saturday, as nearly 30 residents protested the project now rising on South Pine Street southeast of downtown Spartanburg. Protesters pointed to water use, air quality and what they described as a lack of public…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — How South Carolina handles the wave of proposed data centers is shaping up as one of the biggest fights waiting for the General Assembly when it returns in January 2027, with senators from both parties already sketching out rules on water, power and public disclosure. Sen. Tom…
Traffic
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The busiest road in Spartanburg County that is not an interstate is Business 85, according to 2025 average daily traffic counts kept by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The stretch from Interstate 26 to Fairforest Road averaged about 49,300 vehicles a day. A little farther along,…
Politics
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Sterling Anderson, a Spartanburg native who spent more than a decade in the state House and later represented District 1 on Spartanburg City Council, has died at age 84, the city announced. Anderson held the District 1 council seat from 2013 to 2019. City leaders credited him…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With a week left before voters statewide pick a U.S. senator, both campaigns in the race picked up heavyweight help Monday: two former governors from opposite parties lined up behind Democrat Annie Andrews, and President Donald Trump scheduled his second South Carolina rally of the month for…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The chief legal counsel to Gov. Henry McMaster is in line for a lifetime seat on the federal bench in South Carolina, after the White House sent his nomination paperwork to the U.S. Senate even before President Donald Trump formally announced the pick. The Senate Judiciary Committee…
From the HERE City State Desk
NEWBERRY, S.C. — South Carolina rural hospitals are the testing ground for a new six-month federal and state pilot that will give them cybersecurity help from major technology companies at no cost, under a program launched Monday at Newberry Health. The effort, called Project Lifeline 250, was rolled out by…
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