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From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks open the 2026-27 women’s college basketball season as the No. 1 team in a major national preseason Top 25, ahead of UConn and Southern California. The ranking landed as SEC Tipoff got underway and again lists South Carolina among…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Kristaps Porzingis remains unavailable for Golden State with no return date after missing camp and the entire exhibition slate, then resurfacing at the team building this week. Club officials said Wednesday the 7-foot-3 big man is still dealing with the same undisclosed…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — League referees are putting flopping at the top of the 2026-27 enforcement list, and a preseason whistle on Knicks guard Jalen Brunson showed how quickly the standard can bite. During a Madison Square Garden exhibition on Oct. 12 against Minnesota, Brunson took…
From the HERE City National DeskBETHANY, Okla. — Southern Nazarene University announced Thursday the death of Crimson Storm safety Tyler Ulrich, a week after he left an away game on a stretcher, and scrubbed this weekend trip to Southwestern Oklahoma State. Ulrich was 21. He went down Saturday in Arkadelphia,…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Milwaukee finished off Los Angeles, the two-time reigning World Series champs, on Thursday night, taking National League Championship Series Game 4 by a 6-4 score at Dodger Stadium and completing a four-game sweep that sends the franchise back to the Fall Classic…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Wil Lutz drilled a 53-yard kick in overtime Thursday night, and the Denver Broncos escaped with a 17-14 result against Seattle at Mile High Stadium after JaQuan McMillian picked off Sam Darnold on the first sudden-death drive. Seattle opened overtime and faced third-and-7…
From the HERE City National DeskMINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota coach Niko Medved spent more than seven minutes after the Thursday exhibition ripping the NCAA for how it rolled out a five-seasons-in-five-years eligibility model, saying the timing and legal fallout have left hundreds of players and coaches in limbo. Medved said he…
Education
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Hilton Head Island High School posted an Excellent rating on South Carolina's 2026 school report cards, scoring 68 points under the high school scale that awards Excellent at 67 or above. Statewide, the South Carolina Department of Education said Excellent-rated schools rose from 270 to…
Events
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Hilton Head's Gullah museum is marking a decade of its food festival on Saturday, Oct. 17, with gates open late morning through midafternoon at 12 Georgianna Drive. Plates, music and storytelling share the grounds with the museum exhibits. Board chair Meldon Hollis and event leaders…
Events
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — St. James Baptist Church, a Gullah congregation on Hilton Head Island founded in 1886, will break ground on its new campus Saturday, Oct. 24. The 10 a.m. ceremony takes place on the new site at 9 Union Cemetery Road, and the public is welcome to…
Events
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — The Gullah Museum of Hilton Head Island holds its 10th annual Gullah Food Festival on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the museum grounds at 12 Georgianna Drive. Plates of Lowcountry standards such as conch stew and shrimp and grits anchor…
Business
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A locally owned coffee company makes its south-end expansion official Friday, Oct. 16, when the Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce holds a ribbon-cutting at the new Hilton Head Island Coffee Roasters shop on New Orleans Road. The chamber has the event on its calendar…
From the HERE City State Desk
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Seven automotive parts makers in the Upstate will expand to supply Scout Motors, putting more than $82 million into new work and adding about 200 jobs across Spartanburg, Duncan and Piedmont, the automaker announced Wednesday. The plans were laid out at OneSpartanburg Inc., with Gov. Henry McMaster,…
From the HERE City National Desk
BANGKOK — The International Monetary Fund says the world economy has held up better than expected against war, an energy shock and trade fights, but it is warning finance ministers gathered in Bangkok this week that the cushions behind that resilience are wearing thin. In its latest World Economic Outlook,…
Traffic
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — A long-planned cargo terminal across the Savannah River in Jasper County is on indefinite hold, and that pause is reshaping the case for new interstate access inland of Hilton Head. Port boards in South Carolina and Georgia told their staffs to stand down on the…
Politics
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. — The race to replace longtime Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner came into sharper focus Wednesday, when Democrat Alphonso Small Jr. and Republican Doug Seifert met for a debate and staked out clear differences on immigration enforcement, staffing and policing on Hilton Head Island. Small opened by…
From HERE Beaufort
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort County Council remains divided over when the public may see a 15-page inquiry into county administration, after a late push to release the Quick Group findings failed on a 6-5 vote at the Oct. 12 meeting. Council member David Bartholomew called for immediate release near the…
From HERE Beaufort
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Residents living in Beaufort Housing Authority properties told City Council this week that mold, sewage backups and insect infestations have become hard to ignore, and they want an independent review of how repairs are handled. Speakers said problems stretch across multiple authority sites, including complexes in Yemassee…
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