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SCHSL extends fall sports season by one week due to Helene
COLUMBIA, SC (WBTW) – The South Carolina High School League voted Tuesday morning to extend the fall sports season by one additional week due to the effects of Hurricane Helene in the Upstate and Midlands. For the high school football season, this means the playoffs will begin on Nov. 15 and run for five weeks. […]
Georgia Tech OL commitment lands offer from South Carolina
A pair of Georgia Tech offensive line commitments were in Columbia on Saturday for South Carolina's game against Ole Miss. Damola Ajidahun made the trip over from Duluth, Ga., as an official visitor. Jimmy Bryson, who attends Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tenn., was in for his first unofficial visit with the Gamecocks.
A safer future for firefighters through the PFAS Alternatives Act
Firefighting can be a very rewarding career, but it entails numerous risks, from smoke inhalation to serious injuries from collapsing buildings. Still, a more obscure health threat to these brave people is toxic exposure, as firefighters come in contact with plenty of harmful substances on the job, including formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, benzene, polychlorinated biphenyls, asbestos, […]
Everything Shane Beamer said before Alabama
Taking a look at everything Shane Beamer said in his Tuesday afternoon press conference. After falling to Ole Miss on Saturday afternoon in Williams-Brice Stadium, South Carolina will hit the road this week as it travels to Tuscaloosa to face off against No. 7 Alabama. Kickoff is set for 12 p.m. and will be televised on ABC.
Watch: Gamecocks commitment Anthony Addison midseason highlights
Anthony Addison's senior season is off to a very productive start. Sumter (S.C.) High School is 7-0. And the three-star defensive end has piled up a whole bunch of tackles, including several behind the line of scrimmage. Addison is second on the team with 61 total tackles, but leads the...
Small Business Administration opens Business Recovery Centers in Greenville and Lexington
The U.S. Small Business Administration opened two Business Recovery Centers on Oct. 5 — one in the Upstate and one in the Midlands — to assist businesses and residents impacted by Hurricane Helene. Th...
Washington State Task Force 1 Aids Hurricane Helene Recovery Efforts
Washington State Task Force-1 Joins Massive Recovery Efforts for Hurricane Helene. Hurricane Helene has wreaked havoc across the East Coast, leaving unprecedented inland flooding and destruction in its wake, stretching as far as the Carolinas. Rescue teams are racing against time, working tirelessly as hundreds of people remain unaccounted for. The scale of the response has been compared to the recovery efforts seen during Hurricane Katrina and the 9/11 attacks, making it one of the largest mobilizations in recent U.S. history.
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