Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Coastal Georgia / Lowcountry report from HERESavannah.
From HERE Clemson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson men’s basketball coach Brad Brownell said at ACC Tipoff that Dillon Hunter’s fifth-season eligibility remains on hold and that injuries have left the Tigers behind schedule ahead of a Nov. 2 opene
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Former South Carolina wide receiver Sidney Rice, who starred in Columbia, has been named to the 2026 SEC Football Legends class presented by T-Mobile, the league office announced Thursday. Rice, who play
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Alabama athletics told fans for Saturday Georgia game at Bryant-Denny Stadium to be in line no later than 5 p.m. CT because heightened security will change the entry and scree
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Emory University and Georgia Tech are investing more than $1 billion in artificial intelligence, building what leaders describe as one of the nation most robust AI ecosystems
From HERE Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Columbia Italian Festival has been postponed to Saturday, Oct. 17, at Finlay Park after organizers cited a rainy weekend forecast tied to Hurricane Isaias. The festival was originally scheduled for S
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Cardinal Glass Industries plans to permanently close its Statesboro manufacturing facility, affecting 115 employees, according to a WARN notice filed with the Technical Colleg
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday approved revisions to Georgia State Implementation Plan that remove obsolete air permitting requirements now that the enti
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Georgians will get another week of relief from the state motor fuel tax after Gov. Brian P. Kemp extended the break through Nov. 5, moving the expiration date from Oct. 29 to
From HERE Hilton Head
Hilton Head, S.C. — Beaufort County deputies flooded the Yacht Cove neighborhood on Hilton Head Island on Thursday afternoon after a call about a person in distress, drawing a heavy law-enforcement presence that later cl
From HERE Beaufort
BEAUFORT, S.C. — Beaufort County voters will decide Nov. 3 whether to approve a 1% transportation sales tax on most retail purchases to pay for road and safety projects across the county. County officials describe the re
From HERE Atlanta
ATLANTA, Ga. — Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff and Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins came out swinging Thursday night in their first U.S. Senate debate, an hourlong exchange hosted in metro Atlanta that mixed policy figh
From the HERE City State Desk
ATLANTA, Ga. — Former President Barack Obama endorsed Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms for governor Thursday, releasing a video that highlights her record as Atlanta mayor and her campaign prom
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