The South Carolina High School League released its region placement for 2026-28 realignment on Thursday. The news comes a day earlier than expected and comes a week after the classification placements were set. Schools have until Feb. 1 to submit if they will appeal their region assignments. Appeals will be heard on Feb. 3-5 . Some of the highlights of the new region placements: Gray … Continue reading First look at SC High School League’s new athletic regions for 2026-28

LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY HIGH SCHOOLS Boys Wrestling Trinity Collegiate/Hammond at Camden Miltary, 6 p.m. FRIDAY HIGH SCHOOLS Girls Basketball GSF at Hannah-Pamplico, 6:30 p.m. Lamar at McBee, 6:15 p.m. Marlboro Acad at TKA, 6:15 p.m. Johnsonville at Latta, 6:30 p.m. Carvers Bay at Atlantic Collegiate, TBA Lakewood at Wilson, 6 p.m. Chesterfield at Buford, 6 p.m. West Florence at Lugoff-Elgin, 6 p.m. South Florence at … Continue reading Here’s what to watch today and Friday

MASTER’S SALE C/A No.2025CP4005450 BY VIRTUE of a decree heretofore granted in the case of: PennyMac Loan Services, LLC vs. Baqueatta Lennette Sease; The United States of America acting by and through its agency the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; C/A No.2025CP4005450 I, the undersigned Master for Richland County, will sell on February 2, 2026, at 12:00 Noon, 2500 Decker Boulevard, Columbia, SC 29206; … Continue reading Master’s Sales

Governor Henry McMaster and the South Carolina Department of Commerce (S.C. Commerce) have released the 2025 industry recruitment results, marking a milestone for rural economic development. From January to December 2025, South Carolina announced total capital investment of $9.12 billion, representing the third-highest year for industry recruitment on record and more than 8,100 new jobs. Rural recruitment of both capital investment as well as new … Continue reading BUSINESS BRIEFS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS OF ESTATES All persons having claims against the following estates are required to deliver or mail their claims to the indicated Personal Representatives, appointed to administer these estates, and to file their claims on Form #371PC with the Probate Court of Richland County, the address of which is P.O. Box 192, Columbia, SC 29202, on or before the date that is eight … Continue reading Notice to Creditors of Estates

(WSPA) – Several changes have been made with the release of the South Carolina High School League’s region placement for 2026 through 2028. In 5A, Byrnes will play with five Greenville County schools while the three Spartanburg County 5A schools will be paired with three from York County. In 4A, Gaffney will also play in a region with five Greenville County schools. The full breakdown … Continue reading SCHSL releases new region placement for 2026-’28

It took a few weeks, but the first earthquake recorded in South Carolina in 2026 made an impact, as hundreds of people reported feeling the rumblings early Tuesday morning. A 2.2 magnitude earthquake was confirmed near Elgin , according to the U.S. Geological Survey . That’s in Kershaw County , where more seismic activity has been recorded than any other spot in the Palmetto State since 2021. … Continue reading Rumbling from SC’s first earthquake of 2026 wakes hundreds in the Columbia area

TED CLIFFORD In January 2024, a partial skeleton was found in a sandpit in Elgin, South Carolina. The grim discovery was the answer to an over decade-long mystery: what happened to Adrianna Laster? The last time anyone had seen Laster was as she walked to church on Labor Day weekend, 2011. For the next 13 years, suspicion swirled around her partner, Freddie Grant. Warrants described Grant … Continue reading Two years after a woman’s body was found in a Elgin, where does the case stand?

COLUMBIA — Felt shaking? You’re not alone. The United States Geological Survey has confirmed there was a small earthquake about 2.9 miles from Elgin the morning of Jan. 20. The earthquake was recorded at a 2.2 magnitude, which is well below what USGS considers a moderate earthquake at 5.3 or a strong earthquake at 6.3. While magnitude records the size of the earthquake, USGS also measures the … Continue reading Did you feel it? An earthquake was reported in Northeast Columbia

GIRLS PREP BASKETBALL= Ashley Ridge 58, Pinewood Prep 30 Gray Collegiate Academy 64, Andrew Jackson Academy 51 Holly Hill Academy 57, Ridge Christian Academy 12 Marietta, Ga. 51, First Baptist 48 North Myrtle Beach 63, Mullins 22 W.J. Keenan 69, Lugoff-Elgin 55 Westside 59, Dallas Faith Family, Texas 42 Wilson 44, Marion 32 ___ Some high school basketball scores provided by Scorestream.com, https://scorestream.com/ January 20, 2026 | Associated … Continue reading Monday’s Scores