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Asheville among top 10 vacation destinations: Travel + Leisure
Asheville, North Carolina, returns to Travel + Leisure's top 15 U.S. travel destinations list for 2025 after being absent in 2024. Nearly 180,000 readers participated in the survey, casting over 657,000 votes across various categories. After...

AggieYell Mailbag
Q: I know which game is the most important, which game do you figure will be the toughest for us to win? (H273) A: LSU. They may not be the best team A&M plays, but you know that will be a night game, the crowd will be insane and they’ll want...
South Carolina Man Sentenced To 17 Years For Gas Station Stabbing
Gas Station Line Dispute Leads to 17-Year Sentence for Greenville Man A South Carolina man will serve 17 years in the South Carolina Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to a violent gas station attack that left an unarmed victim with a...

South Carolina teacher charged with sexual conduct with a minor
Nicole Callaham faces charges in Anderson and Greenville counties after police say she engaged in criminal sexual conduct with a boy starting at age 14. ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. — A 33-year-old South Carolina teacher is facing multiple charges...

Change of responsibility: YPG bids farewell, welcomes leader
Yuma Proving Ground held a change of responsibility ceremony on Thursday, July 17, in which the base and the community bid farewell to the present command sergeant major and introduced the new one. Common Sgt. Maj. Joshua Holthus, who hails from...

Coaches pick Buccaneers to finish last in OVC/Big South
NORTH CHARLESTON — If ever a team had a little extra motivation to exceed expectations, it would be the 2025 Charleston Southern football team. The Buccaneers, coming off a 1-11 season, were picked to finish ninth in the nine-team OVC/Big South...

Dog days of summer deliver idle gas prices
In the thick of summer, gas prices are laying low with the average for a gallon of regular gasoline in Arizona at $3.20, the same price as a week ago. But prices are down 29 cents from this time last year. “However, gas prices could be impacted by...

What happened to Stephen Colbert’s dad? Anderson Cooper recalls conversation about grief with ‘The Late Show’ host amid cancellation
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will stop airing on CBS after May 2026, the network announced on Thursday night. During his segment, Colbert, 61, shared the news himself, adding that he had been informed “just last night.” The comedian and talk...

Report: TJ Sanders, Buffalo Bills agree to four-year, $10.6 million rookie contract
The Buffalo Bills and defensive tackle TJ Sanders have agreed to a four-year, $10.65 million deal that has $10.073 guaranteed, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Sanders was selected No. 41 overall out of South Carolina. Sanders spent four seasons...
Presenting The Providence Journal Quarter Century All-State Softball Team
The Providence Journal continues its feature of selecting the top All-State teams from the last quarter century. The sports staff of Bill Koch, Eric Rueb and Jacob Rousseau is dusting off the archives in search of the best athletes. We’ll start...

Upstate real estate happenings starting July 24
Women’s Council of Realtors Game Night Come connect with fellow real estate professionals and catch up on the summer market and trends at a game night event hosted by the Upstate chapter of the Women’s Council of Realtors. Food trucks on site, one...

Is a dead whale to blame for sharks, bites on Hilton Head? Experts weigh in.
In wake of the bites, a story begins to circulate implicating the whale in the attacks. According to the theory, scent from the whale is oozing into the water, ringing the proverbial dinner bell for sharks in northwest Atlantic. As theories go,...
2,482 Jamaicans Secure US Jobs Under Agricultural and Non-agriculturalvisa Programmes
A total of 2,482 Jamaicans travelled to the United States (US) for employment between January and June 2025 under the H-2A (agricultural) and H-2B (non-agricultural) visa programmes. Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles...

Continental Tire appoints Wyatt D. Hamilton Sr., as director of sales for U.S. RE Truck Tire
Fort Mill, SC — Continental Tire the Americas announces the appointment of Wyatt D. Hamilton, Sr. as the new Director of Sales for the Truck Tire Replacement division in the United States. In his new role, Wyatt will lead Continental’s strategic...

GOP Budget Threatens Rural Hospitals Across Several States
After President Donald Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" brought in some of the biggest healthcare spending cuts in American history, there has been growing concern about how many rural hospitals, both those already at risk of closure and others, will...

South Carolina Ranks 21st in Health?Insurance Burden
A new WalletHub study released July 10, 2025, reveals that South Carolina residents spend approximately 8.42% of their monthly household income on individual health?insurance premiums—placing the state 21st out of 50 in terms of relative financial...

South Carolina Marks 10th Anniversary of Confederate Flag’s Removal
Today, July 10, 2025, marks a decade since the Confederate battle flag was removed from the grounds of the South Carolina State House. The flag’s lowering on this day in 2015 followed a tumultuous period of debate and a bipartisan vote by the...

It's Time for WNBA All-Star Weekend—Here's Everything You Need to Know
Right now, the biggest names in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) are together in one place: Indianapolis, Indiana, home of the Indiana Fever. It's All-Star weekend, an annual event that sees the league's stars from all 13 teams...

1.4M of nation's poorest renters risk losing their homes with Trump's proposed HUD time limit
WOODINVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Havalah Hopkins rarely says no to the chain restaurant catering gigs that send her out to Seattle-area events — from church potlucks to office lunches and graduation parties. The delivery fees and tips she earns on top of...

Cheapest premium gas in cities across Marion County in week ending July 12
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Marion County selling...