Good morning, Greer.

In South Carolina, students may miss school for illness, family emergencies, religious holidays or principal-approved educational travel, but personal leisure trips do not count unless preapproved+ officials noted that three consecutive or five total unexcused absences will mark a student as truant.

Eight Greenville County high schools are among South Carolina’s top 50 public high schools in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Public High Schools rankings for the 2026-27 school year.

Additional local schools placed in the top 100, 200, and 300 statewide.

For Social Security beneficiaries in South Carolina, deposits will fall on set Wednesdays in September (birthdays one to ten on Sept.

9, eleven to twenty on Sept. 16, and twenty-one to thirty-one on Sept. 23) while SSI recipients receive funds on the first of the month.

Prisma Health Ambulance Service was named the 2026 Dick Ferneau Career EMS Service of the Year by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.

The award will be presented during the EMS World Expo and NAEMT Annual Meeting in Orlando.

A report published Monday, Aug.

31 shows that the Greenville-Anderson-Greer metro area ranks second nationally for newly built homes, with home prices 1.6% below existing ones; local building conditions and affordable land boost construction.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley addressed players' concerns over roster changes this morning, saying each new addition brings unique skills + the loaded roster now includes returning stars and international players.

The team plans to use these changes to boost their game strategy.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney praised LSU head coach Lane Kiffin on Sept.

1 in a press conference — recalling their mid-2000s meeting as assistants — ahead of their first head-coach matchup in the season opener on Saturday, Sept. 5.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney called LSU’s addition of two former NFL players (awaiting a Sept.

3 ruling) embarrassing as his team prepares for a Sept. 5 opener in Baton Rouge.

Clemson coach Dabo Swinney named senior Christopher Vizzina the starting quarterback yesterday after a competitive process, and he will lead the offense in the opener vs LSU on Sept.

5 (at Baton Rouge).