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SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Rain in the Sunday forecast has pushed the South Carolina and Duke fall baseball exhibition in Spartanburg up by one day. The Gamecocks and Blue Devils will now meet at Fifth Third Park on Saturday, Oct. 31, with first pitch at 1…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers are champions for the first time. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win Wednesday night at Tropicana Field, wrapping up the World Series in five games and bringing a title to a franchise that…
From HERE Newberry
NEWBERRY, S.C. — A touring dance company that puts performers who use wheelchairs on stage alongside standing dancers is coming to Newberry. The show is set for 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 8, inside the historic Newberry Opera House. The visit grew out of the opera house’s ongoing work to…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Families can catch a Viking and his dragon on the big screen in downtown Greenville next month, with the full Greenville Symphony Orchestra supplying the soundtrack in real time. The orchestra will play the How to Train Your Dragon score at the Peace Center on Saturday, Nov.…
From HERE Greer
GREER, S.C. — Regional Management Corp., the consumer lender based in Greer, turned a third-quarter profit of $15.1 million, according to results it released Wednesday. That works out to $1.61 for each share. Revenue for the three months that ended in September reached $178.8 million, which the financial services company…
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BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — A wreck on Highway 9 in Boiling Springs on Wednesday left a 63-year-old local man dead, the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said. The collision happened along Highway 9 near Hames Road, a busy stretch of the main corridor that runs through the northern Spartanburg County community.…
From HERE Clinton
WATERLOO, S.C. — Two county coroners are at odds over whose remains were dug up behind a Waterloo home in Laurens County last week, and the family of a missing 87-year-old Chappells man is left waiting on lab work for a firm answer. On Wednesday the Laurens County Coroner's Office…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — The Greenville Police Department has wrapped up its investigation into the death of actress Hayden Panettiere and will not file charges, the department said Wednesday. Police said the decision rests on their own work and on the ruling of the Greenville County Coroner’s Office, which classified her…
Politics
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Louie Blanton closed out 32 years as a Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District commissioner this week with the state's top civilian award pinned to his record. State Rep. Scott Montgomery presented the honor for Gov. Henry McMaster, who approved it, during the chair's final meeting with the commission,…
From HERE Greer
GREER, S.C. — Greer residents will get two chances in November to hear about, and speak up on, the license plate reader cameras the city switched off this summer, before City Council decides whether to keep paying for them. City leaders laid out the schedule at Tuesday night’s council meeting.…
From HERE Greenville
PIEDMONT, S.C. — One person was referred for medical care after contact with a bat that later tested positive for rabies in the Greenville County part of Piedmont, the South Carolina Department of Public Health said. The bat turned up close to where Bessie Road crosses North Flat Rock Road.…
From HERE Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. — As flu cases begin to drive up call volume, Greenville County EMS wants residents to know that a 911 call does not always mean a trip to the ER by ambulance. The agency is promoting PATHS, short for Prehospital Assisted Treatment and Healthcare Services. Callers whose problem…
From HERE Spartanburg
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina freshman Amelia Harris has been named the Southeastern Conference women’s golf Freshman of the Week for the second time this fall, the league announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28. The Gamecocks, based in Columbia, have now collected three of the weekly freshman awards this season, with…
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