Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Lakelands report from HERE Greenwood.
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina gets back on the field Saturday after an off week, and the opponent is a big one: No. 11 Tennessee comes to Williams-Brice Stadium carrying a 6-1 record and a 3-1 mark in SEC play. The Gamecocks are 3-3 overall…
From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State begins its bid for a third MEAC championship in a row on Saturday, and it does so in front of a Homecoming crowd. The Bulldogs host Norfolk State at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers had to win the opener of the World Series twice on Friday night, holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 at American Family Field after a replay review erased what everyone in the ballpark thought was the final out.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — It took Jacob Misiorowski exactly one throw to put his name in the World Series record book. The Brewers right-hander began Friday night’s opener against Tampa Bay with a four-seam fastball clocked at 103.5 mph by Statcast, the hardest pitch thrown in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — The NFL has docked Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams $11,941 for the cleats he wore in Atlanta, ruling that the shoes broke league uniform and equipment rules because they carried a logo the league has not approved. The league notified Williams by letter…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Dalton Knecht has a new NBA home. The New York Knicks finalized a two-way contract with the 25-year-old forward on Friday and put Kevin McCullar Jr. on waivers to clear the spot. Knecht became available when the Los Angeles Lakers let him…
From the HERE City National DeskTALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith picked the last trip through the tri-oval to make his move Friday, slipping past Ty Majeski in a two-lap overtime dash to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, his first victory in the series. Smith drove the…
From the HERE City National DeskMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, the sharpshooting guard who spent last season at West Virginia, intends to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal while he presses a court case to win one more year of college basketball. His representatives announced the plan Friday.…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley landed another of the top prospects in the 2027 class on Friday when Jordyn Palmer, a five-star wing from Westtown School in suburban Philadelphia, announced she will play for South Carolina. Palmer is rated among the top 10 players in…
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Britt McHenry, the former sports television reporter who joined the State Department as a press adviser this fall, is out of the job after a confrontation in the stands at a Washington Wizards game went viral. McHenry resigned Friday, two days after the…
From the HERE City National DeskSAINT-DENIS, France — The NFL’s first regular-season game in France is still set for Sunday at Stade de France, even as protests over living costs and schools roil Paris and a windstorm scrambles the week’s fan events. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints meet…
From the HERE City National DeskLAS VEGAS — Arman Tsarukyan needed barely more than a minute Friday night to settle his feud with Dillon Danis on the mat, scoring a 10-0 technical fall in the first period to claim the first Real American Freestyle middleweight crossover championship at RAF 14.…
Events
GREENWOOD, S.C. — A new roadside marker along U.S. 221 in Greenwood County now points to the general area where Brig. Gen. Andrew Williamson kept White Hall, a frontier plantation that doubled as a fortified militia post during the Revolutionary War. The sign will be formally unveiled at 11 a.m.…
Events
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Body slams and championship belts are on the card Saturday night, Oct. 24, when Carolina Main Event Wrestling brings Grand Battle: All Out War to the Greenwood County Fairgrounds. It is the second year for the show. Doors open at 6 p.m. at the fairgrounds on U.S.…
Public Safety
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Relatives of Tracy Brooks, a 56-year-old woman killed by a car in February 2025, have taken Greenwood city government and a pair of its police officers to court, claiming the officers dropped her off at a shuttered gas station in the cold not long before she died.…
Public Safety
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Officers from departments across the Upstate gathered in Greenwood on Thursday evening, Oct. 22, for the annual Patriots’ BBQ, which this year paid tribute to Greenwood police Sgt. DJ Keller, who was killed during a police chase in May. The free cookout ran from 5:30 to 7:30…
From the HERE City National Desk
HURRICANE, Utah — Southwest Utah’s city of Hurricane is under a local emergency after a burst of heavy rain Thursday sent a wall of muddy water down Gould Wash, tearing through the red rock near Sky Mountain Golf Course and into neighborhoods below. City officials said early counts showed roughly…
Politics
GREENWOOD, S.C. — A wrongful-death lawsuit against the City of Greenwood has become an issue in the race for mayor, with challenger James Long calling on Police Chief T.J. Chaudoin to step down and the chief refusing. Long is challenging Mayor Brandon Smith, and voters settle the race on Nov.…
Politics
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Attorney General Alan Wilson, the Republican nominee for governor, brought his campaign bus to uptown Greenwood on Thursday morning, Oct. 22, asking local Republicans to turn out and vote the whole party ticket on Nov. 3. The hour-long gathering at the Inn on the Square on East…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before the Nov. 3 midterm election, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday. The Justice Department went…
Technology
GREENWOOD, S.C. — Two Greenwood County members of the S.C. House are writing a bill that would set statewide ground rules for data centers, from how far the buildings must sit from homes to who pays for the electricity they use. Rep. John McCravy, a Greenwood Republican who represents House…
From the HERE City National Desk
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple first folding iPhone had barely reached customers before some owners began posting photos of inner screens that had split along the hinge, an early worry for a phone that sells for about $2,000. The iPhone Duo went on sale Friday, Oct. 23, reaching buyers in China…
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