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SportsCHICAGO, Ill. — The Citadel’s men’s basketball season began with a lopsided road loss Monday night, as Loyola Chicago pulled away for a 77-52 win in the opener for both programs. The Bulldogs trailed 36-27 at the break and could not keep pace after halftime.…
SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — The College of Charleston men opened their basketball season Monday night by blowing out Southern Wesleyan, 111-55, at TD Arena. Eli Ellis paced the Cougars with 16 points on an efficient night, making 6 of his 8 shots and 4 of his…
SportsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern and UNC Asheville played 90 minutes without a goal Sunday, Nov. 1, settling for a 0-0 women soccer draw at CSU Soccer Field in North Charleston. Neither attack could break through. The Buccaneers took 14 shots to 13 for…
From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State started its men's basketball season Monday night with a 94-55 home win over Morris College, a game the Bulldogs led for good less than seven minutes in. Morris jumped ahead 9-5 before freshman forward Treven Raymon hit a three-pointer…
From HERE ClemsonNOTRE DAME, Ind. — Clemson volleyball won two sets at Notre Dame on Sunday afternoon but could not close it out, falling 3-2 to the Fighting Irish at Purcell Pavilion. The Tigers took the first set 25-23 and the fourth 25-17, while the Irish won…
From the HERE City State DeskNASHVILLE, Tenn. — South Carolina’s long unbeaten stretch ran into the best team in the country on Sunday. Top-ranked Vanderbilt beat the No. 10 Gamecocks 3-0 in the regular-season finale, handing South Carolina its first SEC loss of the year and snapping a 14-game run…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Tipoff Club released its preseason Naismith Trophy watch list for men's college basketball on Monday, Nov. 2, naming 50 players who will be tracked for national player of the year honors this winter. Iowa State senior guard Tamin Lipsey is…
From the HERE City National DeskDALLAS, Texas — The Sacramento Kings are winless no more. The last NBA team without a victory this season knocked off the Dallas Mavericks 115-100 on Monday night at American Airlines Center. Rookie Darius Acuff Jr., the seventh overall pick out of Arkansas, led Sacramento…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Milwaukee will be well represented when baseball hands out its biggest individual honors next week. The Baseball Writers' Association of America revealed its top three vote-getters for each major award on Monday, and the Brewers placed four people among the finalists.…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES, Calif. — Three sons of former NBA All-Stars put their stamp on the USC season opener Monday night, as the No. 21 Trojans ran away from Milwaukee 95-63 at the Galen Center. Freshman forward Adonis Ratliff scored a game-high 25 points in his…
From the HERE City National DeskINDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Indiana took the floor Monday night with exactly one substitute, and the Atlanta Hawks still had to sweat out a 108-104 win at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Eleven Pacers were unavailable because of injuries, illness or rest, a group that accounts for roughly 93…
From the HERE City National DeskNORMAN, Okla. — East Texas A&M opened its season with one of the biggest surprises of the first night of college basketball, beating Oklahoma 68-64 on Monday at Lloyd Noble Center. The loss ended a 30-game home winning streak for the Sooners, who were heavy…
Business
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A shuttered convenience store in the West Ashley area of Charleston, S.C., is getting a second life as a wine bar on one side and a charcuterie counter on the other. Deanna's Wine Bar and Bert's Pig Shop will fill the old 7-Eleven at 521 Wappoo Road.…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina residential appraiser disciplined by the state's Real Estate Appraisers Board has asked the Administrative Law Court to reconsider a ruling that upheld those sanctions, arguing the case raises questions about how licensing boards police the professions they regulate. The New Civil Liberties Alliance, a…
Public Safety
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. — Residents of a Ridgeville neighborhood were told to stay inside Monday evening while police and sheriff deputies hunted for a suspect they described as armed and dangerous. The Ridgeville Police Department said the person had been firing a gun around Maple Street and Beach Street. The Dorchester…
From the HERE City State Desk
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Corrections has suspended the warden of Lee Correctional Institution without pay following his arrest on a driving under the influence charge, the agency said Monday. Warden Shane Jackson was arrested Thursday, Oct. 29, in Sumter County, according to the department. Agency spokeswoman…
Politics
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Mount Pleasant Town Council voted without dissent Monday to set new distance limits on smoke and vape stores, a move aimed at stopping a shop planned within sight of Moultrie Middle School. The zoning change came at a special meeting on Nov. 2. Until now the…
Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston County voters who need a lift to the polls today can ride the bus for free, as CARTA and TriCounty Link waive fares for trips to polling places on Election Day. Riders simply tell the bus operator when they board that they are on their way…
Politics
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — With the polls set to open Tuesday, the two candidates for the 1st Congressional District spent the final weekend rallying supporters in Goose Creek, S.C., and across the Lowcountry in a race that polling shows as too close to call. Republican Jenny Costa Honeycutt, a Charleston…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture put South Carolina's new limits on food stamp purchases into the federal record Tuesday, publishing a notice that lays out why it let the state stop SNAP benefits from paying for candy, soda, energy drinks and other sugary drinks. The rules, which…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOWVILLE, N.Y. — Measles has claimed the life of a Lewis County child, marking the first death tied to the disease in New York in more than three decades, state and county health officials announced Monday. The state Health Department and the county health agency made the announcement together on…
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