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Sports
The Connecticut Sun are heading to Houston. The WNBA and NBA Board of Governors unanimously approved the sale and relocation of the franchise on Wednesday, transferring ownership from the Mohegan Tribe to Houston Rockets owner Tilman J. Fertitta and setting the stage for the franchise to begin play as the…
Sports
The Chicago Bears opened their 2026 rookie minicamp on Thursday at Halas Hall, bringing in 54 prospects for a two-day non-contact session that gave first-year players their initial taste of professional football. The group included seven draft picks, 13 undrafted free agents, 24 rookie tryout invitees, five first-year pros, and five…
Sports
Rory McIlroy said Friday that welcoming LIV Golf players back to the PGA Tour is simply good business, as Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund prepares to end its backing of the breakaway league after 2026.
Education
Wofford College will hold its 172nd annual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. on the front lawn of Main Building in Spartanburg, marking the close of a year that saw the college confer four honorary degrees on individuals with deep ties to the institution, while three graduating…
Education
The University of South Carolina Upstate is set to hold its Spring 2026 Undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 7, marking the completion of another graduating class at the Spartanburg campus — a class the university describes as resilient students who found personal and professional growth through mentorship, campus involvement,…
Education
Families in Spartanburg County School District 5 can now begin planning their 2026-27 year with the district's academic calendar officially set. District 5, which serves students across the Duncan and Lyman areas and surrounding communities, has published its calendar for the coming school year with key dates for holidays, breaks,…
Events
The annual Hub City Hog Fest returned to downtown Spartanburg this month, bringing barbecue teams, live music, and thousands of visitors to the heart of the city. The two-day festival, one of Spartanburg's signature spring events, showcases competitive barbecue alongside local vendors, craft beverages, and family-friendly entertainment. Organizers put out a…
Events
Published April 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM | By Paige H. Warren Sr., Events & Community Reporter Spartanburg is hosting the Expressions National Dance Competition this weekend, April 17-19, at the Spartanburg School District 3 Community Auditorium at 381 Cherry Hill Road. The multi-day competition brings dancers from across the region…
Events
Published April 17, 2026 at 7:00 AM | By S. Stephanie Rambo Jr., Health & Outdoors Writer Spartanburg holds its first-ever American Heart Association Heart Walk today at Fifth Third Park, with the event scheduled from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. The 2026 Upstate Heart Walk marks a milestone for the Spartanburg…
Business
Nvidia shares surged to a fresh all-time high on May 13, climbing roughly 2.7% to close around $226 and briefly pushing the company's market capitalization above $5.5 trillion, after President Donald Trump confirmed that CEO Jensen Huang had boarded Air Force One for a high-profile summit in Beijing with Chinese…
Business
Federal labor economists reported April wholesale prices rose 6.0 percent year over year, the biggest jump since December 2022, driven by a 15.6 percent gasoline spike and 7.8 percent energy surge — raising costs for Spartanburg manufacturers and pushing Fed rate-cut prospects into 2027.
Business
The Justice Department and six states reached a proposed settlement with Agri Stats, an Indiana-based data company that services the meatpacking industry, in a case the federal government says contributed directly to higher grocery prices for chicken, pork, and turkey across the country. The agreement, announced May 7, resolves a civil…
Crime
a city police officer, Don "DJ" Keller, a 31-year-old K-9 handler and U.S. Army veteran, was killed Monday evening when a teenage driver fleeing a traffic stop in a blue Jeep crossed into oncoming traffic on East Cambridge Avenue and struck his patrol vehicle head-on, according to the city police…
Crime
A 66-year-old driver was killed Tuesday evening when his SUV crossed multiple lanes on White Horse Road in Berea, overturned several times, and slammed into a pickup truck stopped at a stop sign on Old White Horse Road, according to state troopers and the Greenville County Coroner's Office. Regional outlets covering…
Crime
A 16-year-old boy faces six felony counts including armed robbery and vehicular hijacking after a January–April crime spree across Chicago, as South Carolina records its lowest robbery and burglary rates in 30 years.
Politics
President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a three-day state summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing along more than a dozen of America's most powerful corporate executives — a delegation whose combined net worth exceeds $1 trillion and whose companies have direct stakes in the outcome of…
Politics
The Senate voted 54-45 on Wednesday to confirm Kevin Warsh as the 17th chair of the Federal Reserve, handing President Trump a significant victory and marking the most narrowly confirmed Fed chair since the Senate began requiring approval for the role in 1977. Warsh, 56, succeeds Jerome Powell, whose term…
Politics
Russia's annual Victory Day celebration in Moscow's Red Square is proceeding this year without the tanks, missiles, and armored vehicles that have defined the commemorations for nearly two decades — the first such omission since the tradition of rolling military hardware through the capital's historic plaza was revived in 2008. The…
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