Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Grand Strand report from HERE Myrtle Beach.
From the HERE City State DeskHUNTINGTON, W.Va. — South Carolina’s 24th-ranked men’s soccer team opens Sun Belt Tournament play Sunday night against third-seeded UCF, a 7 p.m. kickoff at Hoops Family Field with a spot in the semifinals at stake. The Gamecocks are the No. 6 seed after a 10-5-2…
From the HERE City National DeskHOUSTON, Texas — Center back Lukas MacNaughton waited until the last attack of the MLS regular season to deliver, scoring in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time Saturday night as St. Louis CITY SC edged the Houston Dynamo 1-0 at Shell Energy Stadium and…
From the HERE City National DeskHONG KONG — American Claire Liu captured the first WTA Tour singles title of her career Sunday, closing the Hong Kong Tennis Open final with nine straight games to beat second seed Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-3, 6-0 at Victoria Park. The opening set…
From the HERE City National DeskSOUTH BEND, Ind. — Top-ranked Miami is unbeaten no more. Notre Dame jumped out to a 24-3 cushion early in the third quarter Saturday night and then survived a frantic Hurricanes comeback for a 31-24 victory at Notre Dame Stadium. Both teams now sit at…
From the HERE City National DeskAUSTIN, Texas — Portland needed only three minutes on Decision Day to take control. Ariel Lassiter beat the Austin FC back line for an early goal, Kristoffer Velde doubled the margin in the 70th minute, and the Timbers won 2-0 at Q2 Stadium Saturday night…
From the HERE City National DeskFOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots will again be without wide receiver A.J. Brown when they host the Green Bay Packers at Gillette Stadium on Sunday, but the team is hopeful the 29-year-old can rejoin the lineup once the Week 11 bye is behind…
From the HERE City National DeskMADRID, Spain — The NFL takes over one of the most famous soccer venues on the planet Sunday when the Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons meet at Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, and Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor arrived with a bold claim about his quarterback. At his…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO, Ill. — The second weekend of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs delivered one of its wildest finishes in Antioch, where ninth-seeded Sycamore knocked off the top seed 32-28 in a Class 5A game Saturday. Antioch appeared to score on a long heave…
From the HERE City National DeskWACO, Texas — Texas junior Oliver Ojakaar locked up a place in the NCAA Division I singles championships on Saturday by winning his quarterfinal at the ITA Central Sectional Championships. Ojakaar, the No. 2 seed and No. 43 in the national rankings, beat Oklahoma's Tito…
From the HERE City National DeskCHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte Hornets expect to know more Monday about forward Brandon Miller, who hurt his right groin in the second quarter Friday night and sat out the rest of a 119-80 home rout by the Boston Celtics. Coach Charles Lee said after…
Business
LITTLE RIVER, S.C. — The first Wawa in South Carolina moved a step closer Thursday when the Horry County Planning Commission voted without dissent to back a land use change for a site in Little River. The convenience store would sit where Water Grande Boulevard meets S.C. Highway 9, with…
From the HERE City State Desk
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — State utility regulators will collect public comments at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Lonnie Hamilton III Public Services Building, 4045 Bridgeview Drive, on NextEra Energy’s plan to buy Dominion Energy’s parent company, a deal valued at about $67 billion. Dominion Energy and NextEra submitted their merger…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
Crime
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — City officers spent Saturday afternoon looking into a reported stabbing at a Cedar Street apartment in Myrtle Beach after they arrived and found someone wounded. Dispatchers sent the Myrtle Beach Police Department to the scene around 1:45 p.m. A wounded person was there when they arrived,…
Traffic
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Drivers along the Myrtle Beach oceanfront will keep detouring around 24th Avenue North a while longer. The city has pushed the closure of Ocean Boulevard at that intersection out to Nov. 20. Crews are moving water, sewer and stormwater lines there so a new pump station…
From the HERE City National Desk
SEATTLE, Wash. — The first strong fall storm of the season swept across Western Washington on Saturday night, toppling trees and leaving well over 80,000 homes and businesses without electricity at its peak. Seattle City Light counted more than 46,000 of its customers in the dark around 9 p.m. Saturday,…
From the HERE City National Desk
NEW YORK — Four days after winning a U.S. Senate seat in Texas, Democrat James Talarico walked onto the Saturday Night Live stage, appearing unannounced in the show's first cold open since the midterm elections. The sketch opened with cast members playing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic…
Health
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — More than 1,000 people turned out Saturday at The Market Common in Myrtle Beach for the Grand Strand Walk to End Alzheimer's, the yearly fundraiser that pays for research and for help to families dealing with the disease. Walkers gathered at Grand Park, 1150 Farrow Parkway,…
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