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From the HERE City State DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Carolina Panthers return from their bye week Sunday, Oct. 18, against a Philadelphia Eagles team missing its starting quarterback. Kickoff at Lincoln Financial Field is 1 p.m. Jalen Hurts is out with a blood clot in his calf, so Tanner McKee will…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina football now has a kickoff time for its first game out of the bye week. The Gamecocks will host No. 14 Tennessee at Williams-Brice Stadium at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, with the game on national television. South Carolina sits…
From the HERE City State DeskOXFORD, Miss. — The South Carolina volleyball team wraps up a four-match road stretch on Sunday, Oct. 18, against Ole Miss, with first serve set for 1 p.m. Eastern. The Gamecocks have struggled away from home. They lost 3-1 at Alabama and were swept at…
From the HERE City National DeskSACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ohio made its long trip west worth it Saturday night, building a 41-0 lead before Sacramento State scored and beating the Hornets 48-7 in a Mid-American Conference game. The Bobcats (5-2, 3-0 MAC) have now won four in a row. Sacramento State…
From the HERE City National DeskEDMONTON, Alberta — Mike Malott gave a home crowd at Rogers Place a finish it will replay for months, flattening Joaquin Buckley with a knee to the chin in the second round of Saturday's UFC Fight Night main event. The opening round of the welterweight…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — Charlotte finally has a win. Quarterback Conner Harrell had a hand in four touchdowns Saturday as the 49ers outlasted Temple 38-31 at Lincoln Financial Field, ending a season-opening losing streak. Harrell completed 23 of 31 throws for 281 yards. He found Derrick Eley…
From the HERE City National DeskLOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Lakers have one roster spot too many and less than two days to fix it, and the player most likely to pay the price is third-year wing Dalton Knecht. Los Angeles carries 16 players on standard contracts and must…
From the HERE City National DeskPROVIDENCE, R.I. — The NCAA is pushing back in federal court against two Providence College basketball players who want one more season, and a judge is scheduled to take up their request Monday. In a filing opposing a temporary restraining order sought by guard Derek…
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 State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — With the November election weeks away, Democrat Sylvia Wright is pressing a four-part education plan in her bid to unseat Republican Ellen Weaver as South Carolina superintendent of education. A win would make her the first Democrat to hold the office since Jim Rex was elected in…
Crime
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Families trying to find out whether someone was booked into the Newberry County Detention Center, or how to visit them, can start with the sheriff's office website. The sheriff posts the names of people held at the jail because state open records law requires law enforcement to…
Crime
NEWBERRY, S.C. — Heading out of town for the holidays? Newberry County deputies will swing by and check on your house while you are gone. The sheriff's office offers property checks for residents who are away on vacation, who have been the victim of a crime or who have another…
Crime
NEWBERRY, S.C. — The name on your caller ID may not be who is really on the line. The sheriff's office in Newberry County warns that scammers can make a phone display almost any name they want. Deputies say callers pretend to be from banks, card companies, lotteries, police departments…
Politics
NEWBERRY, S.C. — About two dozen people lined a busy intersection in Newberry on Saturday for a No Kings demonstration that put getting out the vote ahead of protest slogans. The turnout was smaller than at earlier No Kings rallies in the city of about 11,000, the fourth such event…
From the HERE City State Desk
WASHINGTON — The Russia sanctions law that carries the name of the late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham will not bite for now. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday, Oct. 16, that sets aside most of its penalties two days before they were due to start on…
From the HERE City State Desk
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The race for South Carolina’s 1st Congressional District has tightened in the eyes of two national election forecasters, less than three weeks before voters settle it. The Cook Political Report moved the contest from Likely Republican to Lean Republican in an Oct. 16 analysis. That rating still…
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