Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Upstate report from HERE Spartanburg.
From the HERE City National Desk
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay evened the ALCS at 1-1 Tuesday night, topping Cleveland 3-1 behind six scoreless innings from Freddy Peralta. Peralta fanned six, allowed four hits and threw 99 pitches — a career high as a Ray. Seventy-one were four-seamers, including a 99.4-mph heater to Jo Adell, the…
From the HERE City National Desk
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Tyrese Haliburton poured in 24 points in 18 minutes Tuesday in his first Paycom Center appearance since tearing his right Achilles in 2025 Finals Game 7. The Pacers All-Star went 9-of-14 with four threes, three assists and two blocks in a 114-112 OT loss to Oklahoma City.…
From the HERE City National Desk
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Senior defender Noah Behrmann of High Point University earned Week 8 College Soccer News defensive player honors after setting up both goals in a 2-1 road win at USC Upstate. His late winner-assist stretched the Panthers’ streak to six. He leads the team with six helpers —…
From HERE Clinton
LAURENS, S.C. — Ten schools in Laurens County School District 55 earned an overall rating of Average or higher on the 2026 state report cards, three more than the year before. The schools reaching that mark were E.B. Morse Elementary, Ford Elementary, Gray Court-Owings Elementary, Hickory Tavern Elementary, Laurens Elementary,…
Business
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — A former crypto mining site in Tyger River Industrial Park is being turned into a data-center campus, with a late-2027 target to go live. AIB Data Centers said the site will pull only 50 megawatts, buy utility power instead of generating it, and reuse the footprint of…
Public Safety
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — A Flock license plate reader on Fernwood Glendale Road was destroyed Monday night, and Spartanburg police are looking for the man officers saw carrying away part of it. The camera stopped sending data at 8:42 p.m. Minutes earlier, around 8:41, firefighters working nearby noticed a man heading on…
Crime
DUNCAN, S.C. — A 19-year-old Circle K worker faces an intent-to-defraud count after SLED said he cashed lottery tickets he never paid for. On Thursday, Joseph Antoniyo Waller was charged with intent to defraud via counterfeit game tickets, SLED said. A warrant says Sept. 29 camera footage shows him scanning, scratching and…
Public Safety
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. — On Tuesday morning a Rainbow Lake Middle student was struck by a vehicle at a bus stop, District 2 said. The crash was about 7:40 a.m. near where Upper Valley Falls meets Gobblers Knob. The student went to Spartanburg Regional and is expected to recover. Highway Patrol said…
From HERE Clinton
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. — The two top leaders of Laurens County Council have endorsed Republican Rick Shealy in the race for South Carolina House District 14, three weeks before the Nov. 3 general election. Council Chairman Jeff Carroll and Councilman Matthew Brownlee, the council vice chairman, announced their support for…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville city elections will be nonpartisan starting in 2027 after City Council voted 5-1 on Oct. 12 to give final approval to an ordinance changing how the city picks its mayor and council members. The switch was forced by House Bill 3556, a new state law that…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the White House to keep letting journalists from three national news outlets into the complex while their lawsuit over a September press ban moves forward. U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a preliminary injunction replacing a temporary restraining order set to expire Tuesday.…
Golf
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — East Tennessee State won the Terrier Intercollegiate women’s golf title Tuesday at the Country Club of Spartanburg, erasing a two-stroke deficit to repeat as champions. ETSU shot 4-over 292 in the final round to finish at 12-over 588, three strokes ahead of UNC Greensboro. The Buccaneers had sat…
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