Central, SC

Fans planning to attend Friday night’s football showdown between North Central and Buford should take note of a schedule change. Due to extreme heat conditions forecast for the area, school officials have announced that kickoff for the Knights’ road game at Buford has been moved from 7:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. The adjustment is being […] The post Kickoff Time Changed for North Central-Buford Football Game Due to Extreme Heat first appeared on Kool1027.com.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation is hosting a public meeting later this month to discuss replacing the Jones Mill Road bridge over Fourmile Creek. The drop-in session is set for Thursday, September 17th, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Kings Grove Baptist Church in Central. SCDOT officials will be on hand to answer questions about replacing the aging structure, [...] The post SCDOT to Hold Public Meeting on Pickens County Bridge Replacement appeared first on 94.1 - The Lake / WSNW.

The 2026 high school football season is officially underway, and it was a memorable opening weekend for Kershaw County teams as Camden and Lugoff-Elgin picked up impressive victories, while North Central ran into a tough Dreher squad. The weekend began Thursday night with Dreher rolling to a 56-13 victory over North Central. The Knights found […] The post Kershaw County Opens Football Season With Mixed Results As Camden And Lugoff-Elgin Earn Big Wins first appeared on Kool1027.com.

By Patrick Svitek, CNN Orangeburg, South Carolina (CNN) — Pete Buttigieg has been to this small but historic city in South Carolina’s Midlands at least twice before, as an underdog presidential candidate in 2020 and then as the better-known transportation secretary under President Joe Biden in 2023. Now a private citizen eying a second White The post Pete Buttigieg returns to first-in-the-nation South Carolina with a fresh appeal to Black voters appeared first on KION Central Coast.

By Betsy Klein, CNN Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (CNN) — “South Carolina is Graham Country.” So read the signs at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, where President Donald Trump rallied on Friday for the sister of his late friend, Sen. Lindsey Graham. Tuesday’s Republican runoff — between appointed Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman The post With his political capital on the line, Trump rallies for Darline Graham in South Carolina appeared first on KION Central Coast.

The North Central Knights will kick off the 2026 high school football season a day earlier than planned after Friday night’s season opener was moved to Thursday because of the threat of inclement weather. North Central will welcome the Dreher Blue Devils to Knights Stadium tonight in what promises to be an exciting start to […] The post Weather Forces North Central to Move Season Opener to Thursday first appeared on Kool1027.com.

By Andy Scholes, CNN (CNN) — Jason Williams landed the one-of-a-kind Cooper Flagg NBA debut patch card — and now has multimillion-dollar offers on the table. Williams, a machine shop owner from Clover, South Carolina, suddenly finds himself holding one of the most coveted cards in the sports memorabilia world. The father of five entered The post One Cooper Flagg card changed this collector’s life in an instant appeared first on KION Central Coast.

Due to the extreme heat expected Friday evening, organizers of the 50th Annual Camden Shrine Club Football Jamboree have pushed back the start times for all three games at Historic Zemp Stadium. The opening matchup featuring North Central and Calhoun County will now kick off at 7:00 p.m. The second mini-game between Lugoff-Elgin and Orangeburg […] The post Heat Delays Start of 50th Annual Shrine Club Football Jamboree first appeared on Kool1027.com.

By Dianne Gallagher, Devon M. Sayers, CNN (CNN) — A hearing Friday for Alex Murdaugh, the disbarred South Carolina lawyer facing a second murder trial in the 2021 deaths of his wife and son, likely will address a clash over the defense’s request to move the retrial from his rural home county to Charleston. The The post Alex Murdaugh hearing today may see clash over whether to move 2nd trial to Charleston appeared first on KION Central Coast.

The North Central Knights, starting this fall, are now in Region 5 Class A with Lee Central, McBee, Central, Cheraw, Chesterfield, and Lamar. 2026 North Central Knights Football Schedule The post North Central Football Schedule first appeared on Kool1027.com.