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From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State is MEAC football champion for the third year in a row after the Bulldogs shut out North Carolina Central over the final two quarters Saturday and pulled away for a 38-24 win at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. The victory…
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Anyone thinking about bringing home a dog can meet a few candidates over a pint Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina. Columbia Animal Services is holding its fall Pups & Pints adoption event and donation drive from 1 to 4 p.m. Hunter-Gatherer Brewery & Alehouse is hosting the…
From the HERE City State Desk
WOODRUFF, S.C. — BMW has started building high-voltage batteries in southern Spartanburg County, opening a $700 million assembly plant on Nov. 13 that will feed the first fully electric vehicle the automaker builds in the United States. Gov. Henry McMaster joined company executives and local officials for the opening of…
From Merger Monday
Banks running the initial public offering of Anthropic PBC are turning away orders from investors in mainland China and Hong Kong, people familiar with the deal said, as the artificial-intelligence company heads into the final days before pricing what could be the largest listing on record. Several underwriters have refused orders…
From Merger Monday
SpaceX and Tesla Inc. have moved from discussing whether to combine to haggling over terms, people familiar with the talks said, putting Elon Musk within reach of a merger that would be the largest in corporate history. Boards and advisers at both companies are working through the price and the governance…
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PORT ROYAL, S.C. — A crash involving one vehicle left at least one person hurt Friday night on Ribaut Road in Port Royal, one of the main routes between the town and downtown Beaufort. Emergency crews were sent to the scene shortly after 8:45 p.m. on Nov. 13. The wreck…
From HERE Florence
TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. — One person is in critical condition after firefighters found the occupant inside a burning home in Timmonsville on Saturday evening and carried them out, Florence County Fire Rescue said. The call came in around 6 p.m. as a report of an outside fire in the 200 block…
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A court challenge filed days before Richland One's new board members take office asks a judge to decide whether the winner of Seat 1 actually lives in the area she was elected to represent in Columbia, South Carolina. Artina McKnight-Coard won the seat on Nov. 3, taking…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Certified results from South Carolina’s Nov. 3 election show how Democrats pulled off their best showing in the state in decades: a wave of Black voters, a sharp jump in young voters and a record share of straight-party ballots. Democrat Annie Andrews defeated appointed U.S. Sen. Darline…
Health
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Bright purple boxes standing outside public libraries in Beaufort County, S.C., hold something county health leaders hope more residents will carry: free naloxone, the nasal spray sold as Narcan that can reverse an opioid overdose. The kiosks are run by Nexus Care, the county's alcohol and drug…
From the HERE City State Desk
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Flu has arrived in South Carolina weeks ahead of its usual pace, and state health data show it spreading widely across the state before Thanksgiving travel even begins. The state Department of Public Health counted 1,489 lab-confirmed flu cases in the week that ended Nov. 7, pushing…
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