Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Pee Dee report from HERE Florence.
SportsTIMMONSVILLE, S.C. — Short-track racing in the Pee Dee is losing one of its main stages for at least a year. Florence Motor Speedway, the four-tenths-mile oval outside Timmonsville, will not publish a 2027 schedule, track management announced this week on social media. The operators,…
From the HERE City State DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina gets back on the field Saturday after an off week, and the opponent is a big one: No. 11 Tennessee comes to Williams-Brice Stadium carrying a 6-1 record and a 3-1 mark in SEC play. The Gamecocks are 3-3 overall…
From the HERE City State DeskORANGEBURG, S.C. — South Carolina State begins its bid for a third MEAC championship in a row on Saturday, and it does so in front of a Homecoming crowd. The Bulldogs host Norfolk State at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium, with kickoff set for 1:30 p.m.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Milwaukee Brewers had to win the opener of the World Series twice on Friday night, holding off the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 at American Family Field after a replay review erased what everyone in the ballpark thought was the final out.…
From the HERE City National DeskMILWAUKEE, Wis. — It took Jacob Misiorowski exactly one throw to put his name in the World Series record book. The Brewers right-hander began Friday night’s opener against Tampa Bay with a four-seam fastball clocked at 103.5 mph by Statcast, the hardest pitch thrown in…
From the HERE City National DeskCHICAGO — The NFL has docked Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams $11,941 for the cleats he wore in Atlanta, ruling that the shoes broke league uniform and equipment rules because they carried a logo the league has not approved. The league notified Williams by letter…
From the HERE City National DeskNEW YORK — Dalton Knecht has a new NBA home. The New York Knicks finalized a two-way contract with the 25-year-old forward on Friday and put Kevin McCullar Jr. on waivers to clear the spot. Knecht became available when the Los Angeles Lakers let him…
From the HERE City National DeskTALLADEGA, Ala. — Sammy Smith picked the last trip through the tri-oval to make his move Friday, slipping past Ty Majeski in a two-lap overtime dash to win the Craftsman Truck Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, his first victory in the series. Smith drove the…
From the HERE City National DeskMORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Honor Huff, the sharpshooting guard who spent last season at West Virginia, intends to put his name in the NCAA transfer portal while he presses a court case to win one more year of college basketball. His representatives announced the plan Friday.…
From the HERE City National DeskCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Dawn Staley landed another of the top prospects in the 2027 class on Friday when Jordyn Palmer, a five-star wing from Westtown School in suburban Philadelphia, announced she will play for South Carolina. Palmer is rated among the top 10 players in…
From the HERE City National DeskWASHINGTON — Britt McHenry, the former sports television reporter who joined the State Department as a press adviser this fall, is out of the job after a confrontation in the stands at a Washington Wizards game went viral. McHenry resigned Friday, two days after the…
From the HERE City National DeskSAINT-DENIS, France — The NFL’s first regular-season game in France is still set for Sunday at Stade de France, even as protests over living costs and schools roil Paris and a windstorm scrambles the week’s fan events. The Pittsburgh Steelers and New Orleans Saints meet…
Events
FLORENCE, S.C. — Downtown Florence is two weeks from its biggest street party of the fall. On Saturday, Nov. 7, the city hosts the South Carolina Pecan Music and Food Festival for the 22nd time, with the event spread across the downtown blocks. Organizers are promising live music on nine…
Business
FLORENCE, S.C. — The Housing Authority of Florence will hold a groundbreaking on Wednesday, Oct. 28, for the Dr. Iola Jones Community, a 64-unit affordable apartment development that takes the place of the Oakland Place apartments. The ceremony starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Dr. Iola Jones Amphitheater, 608 E.…
Traffic
FLORENCE, S.C. — One person was hurt when a septic pumping truck tumbled over several times and came to rest among trees beside Southborough Road in Florence County this week. Florence County Fire Rescue crews were sent to the 4100 block of the road around 10 a.m. after the rollover…
From the HERE City National Desk
PARIS — France sent roughly 70,000 police and security officers into its cities Saturday for a fresh round of nationwide protests, a week after demonstrations over the cost of living were overtaken by some of the worst rioting and looting the country has seen in years. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez…
From the HERE City National Desk
HURRICANE, Utah — Southwest Utah’s city of Hurricane is under a local emergency after a burst of heavy rain Thursday sent a wall of muddy water down Gould Wash, tearing through the red rock near Sky Mountain Golf Course and into neighborhoods below. City officials said early counts showed roughly…
From the HERE City National Desk
LOS ANGELES — California has until noon Saturday to answer the federal government in a fast-moving fight over whether about 20,000 mail ballots should be pulled aside before the Nov. 3 midterm election, after the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order late Friday. The Justice Department went…
From the HERE City National Desk
WASHINGTON — Iran has sharply ramped up its effort to go after American personnel outside the United States, and some of its plans to kill U.S. citizens have moved into late stages in the Middle East and in other countries, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Secretary of State…
From the HERE City National Desk
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The U.S. Justice Department has gone to federal court in Alaska asking a judge to keep the state from certifying its Nov. 3 U.S. Senate result if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan comes up short, arguing that a second candidate with nearly the same name could pull votes…
From the HERE City National Desk
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple first folding iPhone had barely reached customers before some owners began posting photos of inner screens that had split along the hinge, an early worry for a phone that sells for about $2,000. The iPhone Duo went on sale Friday, Oct. 23, reaching buyers in China…
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