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SportsCHARLESTON, S.C. — Jeff Jakaitis, the goaltender who backstopped the South Carolina Stingrays to the 2015 Kelly Cup Finals, is a Charleston hockey favorite bound for the ECHL Hall of Fame, which picked him for its class of 2027. The league named Jakaitis on Wednesday…
SportsMOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — The Charleston Battery start their postseason at home Friday night, hosting Rhode Island FC at Patriots Point Soccer Stadium in Mount Pleasant, S.C., in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal of the USL Championship playoffs. Kickoff is 7 p.m. Charleston is the No.…
From HERE ClemsonCLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men's basketball starts the games that count on Monday, Nov. 2, when Stetson visits Littlejohn Coliseum for a 7 p.m. tip. Brad Brownell's Tigers head into the opener unbeaten in the preseason. They edged Georgia 82-80 on Oct. 23 and then…
From the HERE City State DeskNORMAN, Okla. — South Carolina heads west this weekend looking to stretch a two-game winning streak to three. The Gamecocks face Oklahoma at 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Norman, with the game on SEC Network. It is just the second trip to Norman in program history…
From the HERE City State DeskBALTIMORE, Md. — South Carolina State turned a close first half into a blowout Thursday night, scoring the last 30 points of the game on the way to a 51-10 win over Morgan State in Baltimore. Keely Watson was sharp at quarterback from start to…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — The Atlanta Dream host Golden State in Game 6 of the WNBA Finals on Thursday, with a 12:30 p.m. ET start at State Farm Arena, a workday tipoff the team’s owners have publicly blamed on the league. In a letter to fans…
From the HERE City National DeskRALEIGH, N.C. — NC State will put up the money, facilities and NIL backing its next football coach needs, according to a letter to fans released Wednesday under the names of Boo Corrigan, the athletics director, and Chancellor Kevin Howell, days after the school fired…
From the HERE City National DeskGREEN BAY, Wis. — Two teams coming off losses meet Thursday night at Lambeau Field, where the Carolina Panthers try to stay above .500 against a Green Bay Packers club that has its own list of injuries to manage. Carolina arrives on a short week…
From the HERE City National DeskIRVING, Texas — The Big 12 Conference on Wednesday hit UCF with a $100,000 fine after a group of Knights fans aimed chants at BYU and its sponsoring Latter-day Saints church before last Saturday’s football game in Orlando, which UCF won in overtime. The league…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has given up his ownership stake in Polymarket, saying NFL rules no longer let players hold a piece of prediction-market companies. Barkley said the league briefs players ahead of every season on which endorsements and investments…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK, N.Y. — With the World Series decided, Major League Baseball moved into its offseason Thursday, and the calendar between now and December is packed because a labor shutdown could stop the hot stove cold. Players with at least six years of service became…
From the HERE City National DeskATLANTA, Ga. — Ernie Johnson, the host who has anchored Inside the NBA since 1990, said Wednesday that the 2026-27 season will be his last at the desk. Johnson, 70, shared the decision in a video on social media and stressed that it was his…
Education
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — A long-empty former Kmart property on Rivers Avenue in North Charleston, S.C., is set to become the first permanent home of Kids On Point, a nonprofit that runs after-school and summer programs for students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. The campus will rise at 3725 Rivers…
Business
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — A proposed vape and kratom store on Coleman Boulevard will have to rework its outdoor signs before Mount Pleasant signs off, after the town Design Review Board declined to approve the plans Wednesday. The shop sits about two-tenths of a mile from Moultrie Middle School, and…
Business
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The agency that runs the Port of Charleston has finished the first leg of its turnaround and is now in the second of three phases, SC Ports President and CEO Micah Mallace said Tuesday at his annual State of the Port address. The Propeller Club of…
Business
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Two office buildings on Lacross Road in North Charleston have changed hands for $21 million, with the new owners betting on demand from a large hospital campus going up next door. SK Investment Group, the investment arm of Atlanta-based SK Commercial Realty, teamed with Charleston-based Weaver…
Traffic
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Drivers heading from Mount Pleasant into Charleston sat in a long backup Thursday afternoon after a wreck involving several vehicles closed part of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge. The Mount Pleasant Police Department alerted the public to the crash at 12:39 p.m. on Oct. 29. Two…
Public Safety
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Back-to-back prescribed fires in Francis Marion National Forest have pushed smoke and a smell of burning wood across parts of the Charleston area this week, and people with breathing problems are being urged to keep an eye on air quality. The U.S. Forest Service set the planned…
Traffic
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The two drivers who died in a head-on wrong-way collision on the Don Holt Bridge in North Charleston, S.C., early Sunday have been identified by the Charleston County Coroner’s Office. Jake Stevens, 35, of Radstock in the United Kingdom, was heading toward Daniel Island in the…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Gov. Henry McMaster has filled out the panel he created last week to steer South Carolina land and heritage protection. The governor announced 25 appointees to the Governor's Conservation Commission on Thursday, drawn from business, landowning and academic circles. They will sit with several state leaders who…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Five days before Election Day, Alaska's tight U.S. Senate race is now the subject of both a state investigation and an expanded federal court fight over a little-known candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Sen. Dan Sullivan. Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said Wednesday night…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — With the midterm elections days away, the president of Pew Research Center is cautioning Americans not to treat any one survey as a forecast, arguing that 2026 combines old polling problems with several new ones. Pew president Michael Dimock said in an analysis posted Thursday that surveys remain…
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