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RHP Cooper DeVries officially signs with South Carolina

Class of 2027 right-handed pitcher Cooper DeVries signed with South Carolina on Wednesday in a ceremony at his school. DeVries missed the 2026 season after having Tommy John surgery, but has since returned to the mound and has his fastball back up to 96 mph. He chose the Gamecocks over Clemson and several other schools.

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Hibachi House to close after USC Development Foundation acquires property

Hibachi House and coffee shop Immaculate Consumption are set to close following an acquisition by USC's Development Foundation, The Post and Courier reported Nov. 11. Located on Main Street near the South Carolina State House, Hibachi House is set to close before Nov. 26, a restaurant employee told The Post and Courier. Immaculate Consumption has been serving Columbians since 2001 and is set to close on Nov. 20.

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Country Herald

SC Weather Alert: Columbia, SC Freeze Watch, 30° Nov 14-18

National Weather Service warns of freezing temperatures across central South Carolina early Sunday, threatening sensitive plants and exposed plumbing.

Columbia, SC · 10h

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Pecan Pie Season Starts At These Four South Carolina Roadside Farm Markets

When the air turns cool in South Carolina, a lot of folks start thinking about one thing: pecan pie. Some of the best slices in the state come from small roadside markets, not fancy bakeries. These family stands and country stores have been feeding locals and road-trippers for years. Here...

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FOX Carolina

Clemson's Shawn Poppie and Mackenzie Nelson's postgame comments after 21-point loss to No. 1 USC

WATCH: Clemson Women's Basketball Head Coach Shawn Poppie and Junior Guard Mackenzie Nelson's postgame comments after a 21-point loss to No. 1 South Carolina.

Clemson, SC · 15h

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Lowes Foods Pilots Flashfood Discounts At 5 Columbia, SC, Stores

Lowes Foods has partnered with Flashfood to launch a pilot program at five stores in the Columbia, South Carolina, market. Through the program, guests can purchase surplus meat, produce and other fresh foods at discounted prices, with deals listed on the Flashfood app. By using the Flashfood app, Columbia-area customers...

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Annual Snowball Festival Brings Holiday Cheer to the Icehouse Amphitheater

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -Holiday cheer is headed to Lexington as Icehouse Amphitheater welcomes the community to its annual Snowball Festival. The festivities begin with a Christmas craft fair featuring about 66 vendors from 4 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3-6. Families can enjoy photos with Santa, hot cocoa and a tree-lighting...

Lexington, SC · 1d

The State

A look at where Midlands athletes are headed in Class of 2027 fall signing period

Wednesday was the first day of the fall signing period for high school athletes across the country. The signing period will run through Nov. 18, with Class of 2027 athletes from all sports, except football, able to sign letters of intent with their future colleges. The early football signing period will be from Dec. 2-4. Here is a list of Midlands players who signed — or will sign — during the period. The list will be updated throughout the signing period. Baseball Colt Babic (Hammonnd/College of Charleston) Mac Berry (Chapin/Wofford) Rohan Bremmer (AC Flora/North Greenville) Rylan Bullis (Airport/Presbyterian) Reidar Carlson (Lexington/College of Charleston) Graham Coleman (Lexington/USC Aiken) Cooper Derrick (Chapin/North Greenville) Brayden Dunlap (Airport/Coker) Brewer Haggard (Chapin/Lander) Dylan Hernandez (AC Flora/College of Charleston) Worth Lundy (Hammond/Presbyterian) Sam Painter (Hammond/USC Lancaster) Zak Perry (Gray Collegiate/North Greenville) Joe Ray (AC Flora/Newberry) Bowman Rummel (Blythewood/Francis Marion) Christian Spivey (Lexington/South Carolina) Logan Sproles (Gray Collegiate/Catawba Valley CC) Charlie Todd (Chapin/Anderson) Basketball Aneya Britt (Gray Collegiate/Presbyterian) Evie Godfrey (River Bluff/North Greenville) Harmony Jefferson (Camden/Lander) Jillian Rush (Camden/Claflin) DJ Wylie (Ridge View/Wofford) Shanaryah Wright (Camden/Converse) Cross Country/Track Reily Campbell (Hammond/Lees-McRae) Megan Joye (Hammond/Creighton) Henry McKenna (Lexington/Point Park) Jada Metz (Lexington/Anderson) Eliza Kate Rikard (Gray Collegiate/Anderson) Ryann

Lexington, SC · 1d

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From the basketball court at Irmo High to Belize

BELIZE CITY, Belize – A connection that began on the basketball court at Irmo High School recently brought together two familiar faces thousands of miles from home. U.S. Ambassador to Belize André Bauer reunited with former Irmo High basketball coach Tim Whipple and his wife, Valerie, in Belize City on Nov. 7.

Irmo, SC · 2d

The State

Former Gamecocks assistant Winston Gandy earns signature win at new school

A former South Carolina women’s basketball assistant coach started off his second season at his new program with a marquee win. Former Gamecocks assistant Winston Gandy’s Grand Canyon University women’s basketball team upset Oregon 81-74 at home Monday for its first win against a Power 4 team this year in front of a near-sellout crowd. The Ducks, a perennial NCAA Tournament team , were favored by 9.5 points despite playing on the road at GCU in Phoenix. But Gandy’s Antelopes (2-0) led by as many as 18 points and shot 9 of 13 (69.2%) on 3-pointers to upset an Oregon team that won 23 games and reached the NCAA Round of 32 as a No. 8 seed last year. The Oregon win marks Gandy’s second against a Power 4 team at GCU after the Lopes, who play in the Mountain West, beat ACC team SMU last year. That’s one win shy of Grand Canyon’s all-time win total vs. P4 teams before he arrived (three). Grand Canyon’s Monday win was nationally televised on CBS Sports Network. “I thought we got lost in winning,” Gandy told GCU’s radio broadcast postgame. “That was our thing: Get lost in winning, and everything else will

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RCSD: Richland Northeast High student sets off metal detector with knife ‘used for her lunch’

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A 15-year-old student was charged by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD) after a knife was found in her possession on Thursday. The student set off a metal detector at Richland Northeast High School around 8:45 a.m. It was discovered she had a knife in her pencil case. According to RCSD, she said she used the utensil for her lunch.

Richland County, SC · 21h

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Former USC quarterback Stephen Garcia announces he is cancer-free after stage 4 diagnosis

(WACH) — Former University of South Carolina quarterback Stephen Garcia announced on Wednesday he is cancer-free after treatment for stage 4 colorectal cancer. Garcia shared an emotional update from the hospital on social media, announcing that surgery successfully removed his cancer with negative margins. He thanked supporters for their...

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“There’s No Doubt We Can Beat Them”: Clemson Coach Sends Blunt Warning to Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Ahead of Thursday’s Clash

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks have established themselves as one of the most dominant programs in women’s college basketball. However, Clemson head coach Shawn Poppie isn’t intimidated by the No. 1-ranked team ahead of Thursday’s rivalry showdown. Speaking during a press conference ahead of the game, Poppie explained why he expects his team to deliver a stronger performance against the Gamecocks. “I think that for them as young people, and this is no disrespect to the first three opponents we had, it’s harder to get them focused for those three than it is this one. I think that, in itself, you’re gonna see a different team come Thursday just based on the opponent, right, of how your focus level is leading up… I, as the head coach, want us to play better than we did the first three games. But you’re trying to convince 18 to 22-year-olds that believe that we’re probably better than them, we don’t have to play our best. It’s the fine line. I think there’s no doubt in that locker room that we think that we can beat them on Thursday,” Poppie said. Clemson WBB coach Shawn Poppie, previewing Thursday’s game vs. No. 1 South Carolina

Clemson, SC · 1d

The State

Historic Babcock Building cupola rises above Columbia skyline

One of the first things travelers see as they enter Columbia is the bright red cupola atop a building on Elmwood Avenue, like an exclamation point. The cupola and the surrounding BullStreet District have a long history in Columbia, dating to 1885, when the final and grandest of three buildings was built as the South Carolina Lunatic Asylum, later known as the South Carolina State Hospital. In 1969, the asylum building was named for James Woods Babcock, who served as the hospital’s superintendent from 1891 to 1914, according to The State’s history of the structure. The Babcock Building and the surrounding 178 acres grew into a self-contained mental health facility where hundreds of people lived and worked, walled off from the rest of the city. The building housed offices and patients for more than 100 years, until it was vacated in 2003. Though dilapidated, the central, cupola-capped portion of the Babcock was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 and could not be demolished. The building sat vacant and deteriorating until 2015, when redevelopment of the historic campus into the mixed-use BullStreet District began. Workers had just begun clearing out the Babcock for construction of luxury apartments

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Floatopia Flea Market Returns to Lexington for a Day of Shopping and Community Fun

Lexington SC, 11/12/2026 - Bargain hunters, vintage shoppers and local treasure seekers are invited to spend Saturday, November 14, at the Floatopia Flea Market in Lexington. Hosted by local nonprofit Top Tier LexiCo / Floatopia, the event will run from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. at 5599 Sunset Boulevard in Lexington.

Lexington, SC · 20h

The State

What Gamecocks' first SEC availability report says about LaNorris Sellers' status

As expected: No. 17 South Carolina listed quarterback LaNorris Sellers in its first availability report ahead of Saturday’s matchup against Arkansas. After injuring his ankle during the Gamecocks’ 17-9 win over Texas A&M last week, Sellers is designated as questionable three days out from USC’s game in Fayetteville. Receivers Nyck Harbor and Nitro Tuggle and defensive back J’Zavien Currence also were listed as questionable. Sellers got tests done on his ankle Sunday night and South Carolina coach Shane Beamer said “everything looked good,” giving him the confidence to say, “We fully expect him to play (against Arkansas).” In the second quarter of Saturday’s win over the Aggies, a Texas A&M defender landed on Sellers’ left ankle as he sacked the Gamecocks’ quarterback. Sellers left the game and immediately got X-rays inside Williams-Brice Stadium. When those came back negative, meaning there was no break, it allowed Sellers to continue playing. Early in the second half, it was clear he was struggling to manage the pain. He wasn’t stepping into throws. He consistently looked down at his ankle after bad throws. He seemed unsure of how much the ankle could take. Eventually, though, the injury’s affects weren’t showing themselves as much, which

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El Charro Bringing Another Mexican Restaurant to West Columbia Along Platt Springs Road

West Columbia, SC 11/12/2026 - West Columbia residents will soon have another dining option as El Charro Mexican Restaurant prepares to expand its presence in the Midlands with a new location along Platt Springs Road. The restaurant recently announced plans to open at 3313 Platt Springs Road in West Columbia,...

West Columbia, SC · 23h

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Veterans invited to receive new shoes, socks in Columbia

RICHALND COUNTY, SC (WACH) — Southeastern Freight Lines and Samaritan’s Feet plan to give away new sneakers and socks at a Veterans Day event Wednesday. Southeastern employees will volunteer at the event, scheduled for 4 to 6 p.m. at the Richland Two Global and Military Welcome Center, 8131 Brookfield Road.

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Essentially Sports

Dawn Staley Finally Gets Her Dream Recruit as GG Banks Chooses South Carolina Over LSU, Texas

Some recruiting battles are won through persistence, while others come down to a connection that stays with a player long after their first conversation. For Dawn Staley, GG Banks’ decision to commit to South Carolina is a little bit of both. The five-star guard had identified the Gamecocks as her dream school back in 2023, and now, after attracting attention from several major programs, she’s bringing her talents to Columbia. “South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley announced that Jezelle ‘GG’ Banks (Wilmington, Del. / The St. James Academy (VA)) will join the Gamecocks begin...