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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…
SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — The Citadel women soccer team from Charleston will open the Southern Conference tournament Friday, Nov. 6, as the No. 8 seed against No. 9 Western Carolina at top seed Samford in Birmingham, Ala., with a 7 p.m. kickoff. The Bulldogs closed the…
SportsNORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern climbed out of a 14-point hole on Saturday, Oct. 31, only to lose 42-35 to Western Illinois on a touchdown with 15 seconds left in North Charleston. The Buccaneers trailed 35-21 after three quarters. Jayden Hancock then scored twice…
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 DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — Atlanta Hawks rookie guard Kingston Flemings will sit out Monday night after the NBA handed him a one-game suspension without pay for an elbow to the head of a New Orleans player. The league office said Flemings intentionally struck Pelicans guard…
From the HERE City National DeskST. LOUIS, Mo. — Atlanta and Chicago each came away with a pair of fielding honors Sunday night when Rawlings named its 2026 Gold Glove Award winners, while Boston and Arizona led the majors with three apiece. For the Braves, first baseman Matt Olson collected…
From the HERE City National DeskTAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay found a way to beat Atlanta on Sunday without a single completed pass. The Buccaneers leaned on two running backs in a steady rain at Raymond James Stadium and walked off with a 16-0 shutout of the Falcons. Baker Mayfield…
From the HERE City National DeskORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Baltimore went through three quarterbacks before halftime Sunday in Buffalo, and the Ravens may have to start the third one in four days. The Bills rolled to a 36-10 win as the Ravens dropped their third straight game. Lamar Jackson was…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic carried the Lakers past Toronto on Sunday, scoring 45 points and pulling down 15 rebounds in a 131-125 home win that got tighter than it needed to be. Doncic was nearly automatic from deep, hitting 8 of his 12 attempts…
From the HERE City National DeskDENVER — Down 11 in the fourth quarter Sunday, the Broncos scored the last 15 points and then survived a frantic Kansas City push at the goal line to beat the Chiefs 28-24 and move atop the AFC West. The finish came down to the…
From the HERE City National DeskPORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland Timbers moved back above the Western Conference playoff line Sunday night, beating Houston Dynamo FC 3-1 at Providence Park with one regular-season game left. Vincent Janssen had a hand in all three Portland goals, scoring one and assisting on the…
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. — Diners across South Carolina should start seeing a new notice when they order shrimp. A state law now in force requires places that sell ready-to-eat food to tell customers when the shrimp they serve came from outside the United States. The rule covers restaurants, cafeterias, food stands…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The biggest banks and payment companies doing business in South Carolina will soon need a real financial reason before they shut a customer out. The Guarantee Banking Act, signed by Gov. Henry McMaster on June 30, takes effect Dec. 30. The law, Act 257, applies only to…
Traffic
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The City of North Charleston is facing a negligence suit from a Chesterfield County driver who says a city police officer was going 87 mph, more than double the 40 mph limit, when he struck his car from behind with no blue lights or siren running.…
From the HERE City National Desk
GREENACRES, Fla. — Federal investigators are set to brief the public Monday in West Palm Beach on the crash of a Learjet 60 that fell out of a rainy sky Sunday afternoon and slammed into a Palm Beach County road, killing all nine people on board. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean…
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…
Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Early voting in Charleston County wrapped up Saturday with turnout well ahead of the last general election, after the county logged its busiest single day of the cycle on Friday. County election officials counted more than 10,000 ballots on Friday, Oct. 30, a new one-day high. Younger…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina voters did not wait for Election Day this year. The two-week early voting window closed at 6 p.m. Saturday with turnout at levels the state has never seen in a race for governor. The state election commission declared the record broken on Oct. 26, nearly…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolinians who buy their own health insurance can start shopping for 2027 coverage now, but many will find higher sticker prices. Open enrollment on Healthcare.gov opened Nov. 1, 2026, and continues until Jan. 15, 2027. Approved filings for the state’s individual market put the weighted average…
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