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SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Southern University women soccer coach Dr. Jose Gomez said Wednesday he will leave the sideline after the 2026 season and shift into an athletics office job at the school. Gomez will move into an associate athletic director post focused on advancement…
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…
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,…
Crime
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Solicitor Scarlett Wilson, who heads the 9th Circuit Solicitor's Office in Charleston, told state investigators there is no evidence that Brian Musgrave of the Fort Mill area committed any crime, even though U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace publicly accused him alongside three other men. Wilson laid out her…
Public Safety
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Detectives with the Charleston County Sheriff's Office are looking into the death of a Charleston woman who was found in a swimming pool early Wednesday at Kiawah Island Beach Club. Someone at the club spotted her unresponsive in the water at about 7:40 a.m. on Oct.…
Traffic
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Drivers leaving the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge on Thursday afternoon sat in long delays after a tractor-trailer loaded with pumpkins clipped a low tree limb and tore open on the exit ramp toward Coleman Boulevard in Mount Pleasant. The 18-wheeler struck the limb as it came…
Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. — In Charleston, roughly 40 College of Charleston political science students are training to staff precincts as certified workers for the Nov. 3 general election. Juniors and seniors in POLI 339, tagged Democracy in Action, already ran a campus voter signup push and are now moving through poll-manager…
Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. — From a Charleston-linked campaign call this week, President Donald Trump pressed South Carolina voters to elect Sen. Darline Graham, Attorney General Alan Wilson as governor, and House hopeful Jenny Honeycutt. Trump cast the Nov. 3 ballot as a referendum on his agenda, telling listeners to act as…
Politics
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster on Wednesday left trustee Darlene Dunmeyer-Roberson on the Charleston County school board after a state misconduct case, even as he labeled her boardroom handling of confidential material unacceptable. The decision followed a State Inspector General probe and a Sept. 28 hearing before a three-attorney…
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