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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 Lexington
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Students at Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Lexington, S.C., used their car line for something different on Wednesday, Oct. 28, turning it into a drive-thru where local law enforcement officers and emergency medical crews could be thanked in person for National First Responders Day. As the officers…
Events
AIKEN, S.C. — The Aiken Fall Steeplechase falls on Halloween this year, and organizers are leaning into it with costume contests and trick-or-treating alongside a full card of thoroughbred racing on Saturday, Oct. 31. Six races are planned, five of them over jumps and one on the flat. The day…
Crime
AIKEN, S.C. — Morris Laytrell Dorch, the 39-year-old Aiken man charged with shooting Aiken County sheriff’s Deputy Preston Metts, will stay in jail after a judge refused to set bond Wednesday. Dorch was brought back from Jacksonville, Florida, and was jailed at the Aiken County Detention Center by Tuesday night.…
Traffic
AIKEN, S.C. — A driver died Wednesday afternoon in Aiken County after a car left Old Barnwell Road and slammed into a tree, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said. Troopers placed the wreck at about 2:45 p.m. on Oct. 28 where Old Barnwell Road meets Deer Run Road. The 2011…
Public Safety
AIKEN, S.C. — A fire inside the Savannah River National Laboratory set off a Site Area Emergency at the Savannah River Site in Aiken County on Wednesday evening, closing gates to incoming traffic for several hours before officials called it off at 9:45 p.m. Site officials said the blaze was…
Politics
AIKEN, S.C. — U.S. Sen. Darline Graham brought a turnout plea to Aiken on Tuesday, Oct. 27, telling a crowd of more than 150 at Newberry Hall that her Senate race is too close for Republicans to stay home on Nov. 3. The Aiken County Republican Club hosted the rally,…
Politics
AIKEN, S.C. — Aiken’s push for a homeless court now moves to the state level, with a key review set for early December. City Council voted unanimously this week to ask the S.C. Supreme Court for an order creating the court, and only the chief justice can approve it. Nick…
Politics
AIKEN, S.C. — More than 24,000 Aiken County residents had already voted early as of Tuesday, election officials said, and along with the candidate races their ballots carry a local question about paying for sewer capacity. The referendum asks voters to loosen limits set by wastewater referendums passed in 1976…
From HERE Irmo
IRMO, S.C. — Irmo SC fishing on Lake Murray heads into the last days of October with the water well down and the fall feeding pattern taking hold, as baitfish push into the creeks and predator fish trail behind them. On Thursday morning the lake gauge near the dam, USGS…
From HERE Columbia
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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