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SportsCONWAY, S.C. — App State left Conway with a 35-32 win over Coastal Carolina on Friday night at Brooks Stadium, according to the final scoring summary posted by Coastal Carolina athletics. Jaquari Lewis scored four App State touchdowns on runs of 12, 1, 12 and…
From the HERE City State DeskTUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Ranked 11th nationally, South Carolina’s women’s cross country team closed the regular season with another podium finish Friday, taking second at the Crimson Classic. The Gamecocks totaled 42 points in a 19-team field, trailing only host and 10th-ranked Alabama’s 17. Carolina’s five…
From the HERE City State DeskBATON ROUGE, La. — South Carolina’s volleyball team left the Maravich Center without a set Friday, dropping a 25-20, 25-18, 25-22 decision to LSU and moving to an 8-9 mark overall and 1-6 inside the league. The Tigers moved to 8-8 and 3-4 in league…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Hosting the ITA Carolina Regional Championships, South Carolina women’s tennis cleared the first wave of the singles main draw with five victories and added a pair of doubles wins on home courts. Bergqvist Larsson opened with a 6-2, 6-3 decision over Charlotte’s…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Bronchial asthma killed All Elite Wrestling star Benjamin Satterley, the performer fans knew as Pac, the Cook County Medical Examiner announced Friday, classifying the death as natural. Satterley was 40. He was discovered unresponsive inside a parked vehicle in suburban Des Plaines on…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBUS, Ohio — College sports governing body the NCAA went to federal court Friday against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, challenging an executive order he signed earlier in the week that lets Ohio schools hand a fifth season to athletes from the 2022 high school class.…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Eagles went shopping in a division rival's practice squad Friday, signing quarterback Joe Milton III away from the Dallas Cowboys one day after ruling Jalen Hurts out of Sunday's home game against the Carolina Panthers. The team says the clot in his…
From the HERE City National DeskCLEVELAND — The Guardians and Rays will try again Saturday night after a soaking Friday rain in Cleveland washed out ALCS Game 4 at Progressive Field, the first postseason rainout in nearly four years. First pitch is now set for 8 p.m. ET Saturday. Game…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — Jena Bishop flipped the script on Liz Carmouche on Friday night at Wintrust Arena, taking a unanimous decision in their rematch to win the vacant PFL women’s flyweight championship. Every scorecard had the five-round main event 48-47 for Bishop, now 12-3, who claimed…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — College football's postseason is one step closer to doubling in size. The College Football Playoff and its longtime television partner have reached an informal, handshake agreement on money for a 24-team bracket, though formal votes and signatures are still needed before anything…
From the HERE City National DeskOKLAHOMA CITY — Days before his NBA debut, Oklahoma City Thunder rookie Aday Mara is caught in a tug-of-war with the Spanish club where his pro career began. Basket Zaragoza issued a statement Friday insisting the 7-foot-3 center still has a valid contract with the…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee's four-game demolition of the two-time defending champion Dodgers settled the National League pennant. Whether it settles anything in baseball's looming labor showdown is a far more open question. Owners want a hard salary cap in the next collective bargaining agreement, and…
From the HERE City State Desk
CLEMSON, S.C. — South Carolina’s first veterinary college took the spotlight Friday as leaders cut the ribbon on the Peeler College of Veterinary Medicine, a campus built to train animal-health professionals for the state. Eighty Doctor of Veterinary Medicine students started in August, 60 of them South Carolina residents. Officials…
Events
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The annual Myrtle Beach Greek Festival opened Thursday at St. John Greek Orthodox Church and keeps going through Sunday, Oct. 18, with Greek cooking, live music and dancing on the church grounds off North 33rd Avenue Extension. Tickets cost $5 at the gate, and kids 10…
Business
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Freewoods Farm near Myrtle Beach is now under South Carolina State University's 1890 Research and Extension program after an Oct. 16 dedication, keeping the 40-acre living-history site open while founder O'Neal Smalls steps back from daily oversight. University President Alexander Conyers said the partnership fits the…
Business
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Breeze Airways is lining up 11 new nonstop routes from Myrtle Beach International Airport, a jump that airport leaders say will push the carrier's map here to 25 destinations when the flights start next spring. Service to New York Stewart International Airport and Albany International Airport…
Crime
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Police in Myrtle Beach are launching a drone program built to put a camera over some emergency calls before the first officer pulls up. A grant from city council this week covers the first two years of the effort, including the aircraft, software and upkeep, according…
Crime
CONWAY, S.C. — Coastal Carolina University lifted its campus alert early Saturday after police found no active threat following a report of gunfire Friday night around Founders Drive and Highway 544 in Conway. Conway Police Department officers were called to the area at 9:07 p.m. Friday. The university sent its…
Crime
SOCASTEE, S.C. — State agents have charged a 38-year-old Socastee man after a Horry County Police Department welfare check on Hayes Point Circle turned into an Oct. 15 gunfire exchange and a neighborhood standoff. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said the responding Horry County officer met Kyle James Smith…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Arts Commission board voted unanimously to put Ce Scott-Fitts in charge of the state agency starting Friday, while commissioners keep searching for a permanent executive director. Scott-Fitts has worked at the commission since 2019, first in artist development and later as the senior deputy…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Local tax questions will sit under the candidate races on Nov. 3 ballots in 23 South Carolina counties, asking voters whether to approve penny sales taxes and related borrowing for schools, detention centers and other capital work. A simple majority is enough to pass each measure. Union…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Republican and Democratic nominees for governor are staking out opposite education platforms, with Attorney General Alan Wilson championing school choice and state Rep. Jermaine Johnson pressing for universal pre-kindergarten plus a sweeping audit of public schools. Wilson’s campaign says he wants families to keep public funding…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina health officials said Friday that reported shigellosis cases are running ahead of last year, with 165 infections counted so far compared with 135 during the same stretch of 2025. Most cases this year have been among adult males ages 18 to 49, and July saw…
Golf
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — ONEflight International is out as a title sponsor of the Myrtle Beach Classic, but Visit Myrtle Beach says the PGA Tour stop will still tee off May 13-16, 2027, at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club. The Colorado luxury travel firm paused flights in September and…
Golf
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Grand Strand's PGA Tour stop is staying on the 2027 calendar after the tour dropped private-jet broker ONEflight International as a partner. Organizers are restoring the Myrtle Beach Classic branding for a fourth edition at the oceanfront Dunes Club layout. Play is penciled for mid-May.…
From the HERE City State Desk
SAUCIER, Miss. — South Carolina men’s golf wraps its fall slate this weekend at the Fallen Oak Invitational, a 15-team gathering at Fallen Oak Golf Club scheduled for Saturday through Monday. The field includes six teams inside the first Clippd top 25, led by Arkansas at No. 1, Alabama at…
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