GOP firebrand Nancy Mace has posted online over 100 times defending her expletive-filled rant at airport security

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AnMed Redevelops Shopping Center to Boost Access

(123rf.com Image) AnMed has begun construction on a new medical office complex at the site of the former Windsor Place shopping center at 1520 E. Greenville St. in Anderson, South Carolina. AnMed officials said complete refurbishing of the...

No. 11 WBB Heads To Atlanta For Exhibition Vs. No. 2 South Carolina

ATLANTA -- Women's basketball is finally back as the No. 11 North Carolina Tar Heels head south for an exhibition against No. 2 South Carolina for The Bad Boy Mowers Series - Atlanta on Thursday from State Farm Arena. Carolina's lone preseason...

Outbreaks in Southwest, South Carolina grow as US tracks 40 more measles cases

Two hotspots for measles activity in the United States—neighboring counties in Arizona and Utah and Upstate South Carolina—are reporting more measles cases, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says the United States now has...

South Carolina gov. to discuss food stamp funding amid shutdown

Ole Miss, South Carolina injury report for college football Week 10

OXFORD — Ole Miss football has one player on the injury report for the Week 10 game against South Carolina. Cornerback Antonio Kite was listed as questionable on the first availability report for the game released on Oct. 29. He is a junior with...

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The ACC is already playing from behind and it's only the first ranking of the season. With no teams ranked in the College Football Playoff selection committee's initial top 12 on Tuesday night, the lone ACC team in the bracket if it were released...

Mega Millions winning numbers for Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025

The Mega Millions jackpot has grown to an estimated $800 million after no one won Friday's drawing. This prize is now tied for the 8th largest in the game's history. The next drawing is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 10 p.m. CT. The cash option...

Where Does Alabama Sit in Initial CFP Poll?

The Alabama Crimson Tide has just four games left in the regular season, and looks to be in a much better position to make the College Football Playoffs than it was a year ago. The Crimson Tide had two losses on its resume a season ago, and...

Judge Won't Yet OK Boeing Whistleblower Suicide Settlement

By Jonathan Capriel ( November 4, 2025, 5:27 PM EST) -- A lawsuit accusing Boeing of instigating a "campaign of harassment" against a whistleblower leading to his suicide remains ongoing after a South Carolina federal judge declined to approve a...

What College Football Playoff selection committee thinks about Alabama

If the College Football Playoff started Tuesday, Alabama would be in the field at No. 4, with a bye to the quarterfinals. The CFP does not, in fact, start Tuesday, so that information is only so useful, but the first rankings of the 2025 did show...

Challenger leads Blythewood Town Council race with incumbent in second. Incumbents ahead in Irmo with all votes in

COLUMBIA — Voters in two towns on the edges of Richland County went to the polls to determine who will serve on their town councils. In Blythewood, first-term councilmember Richard “Rich” McKenrick face four challengers, while in Irmo, incumbents...

South Carolina opens nonprofit fund used for disasters to help with federal food assistance pause

Hawaii Has The Highest Homelessness Rate In America, Mississippi The Lowest

There are around 772,000 homeless Americans (nearly 230 for ever 100,000 Americans), according to the last time a point-in-count assessment was done in 2024. In this visualization, Visual Capitalist's Pallavi Rao, take a look at the highest...

Dianne Mitchell wins in special election runoff in Upstate House 21 Republican primary

Steve Nail, left, and Dianne Mitchell, right, are running for House District 21 in a runoff Nov. 4. Alicia Santiago/Staff GREENVILLE — Dianne Mitchell, a conservative activist who helped shepherd a 2022 gender sports bill in the Statehouse, has...

Encore Bank Wins 2025 Tearsheet Award for Lending Excellence

CSI, a leading provider of end-to-end financial software and technology, congratulates its customer Encore Bank on being named “Bank Lender of the Year” by Tearsheet’s 2025 Lending Awards. The award recognizes Encore Bank’s exceptional achievement...

Meet the 11 Bands You'll See at the 2025 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who get excited to watch football on Thanksgiving, and those who get excited about watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I happen to fall into the latter category. Ever since I was a young...

Missing 19-Year-Old Was 'Just Minutes from His House' When He Disappeared Near His College on Halloween By Abigail Adams

NEED TO KNOW Owen Tillman Kenney, 19, was reported missing on Nov. 1, according to his college in South Carolina Police said the college student was last seen during the early morning hours on Halloween Family said Kenney was "just minutes from...

8 metro Atlanta restaurants keep their Michelin stars, 7 added to ‘Recommended’ list

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Eight metro Atlanta restaurants have once again been honored with prestigious Michelin stars. Michelin announced its inaugural “American South” restaurant guide at a ceremony in Greenville, South Carolina, on...

New committee to combat juvenile crime in South Carolina