The top 20 Little League teams from around the globe enter Williamsport, aiming to become the 2025 Little League World Series champions.

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA— Fresh off a thrilling win over defending 2024 LLWS champion Lake Mary in the Southeast Regional final, Irmo LL of South Carolina cruised past Braintree LL of Massachusetts—the New England Region champion—13-0 in one-hit fashion in each team’s Williamsport opener on Thursday.

The Braintree Little League team suffered its first loss of the summer Thursday, falling 13-0 to Irmo, South Carolina in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

A South Carolina trooper has died three days after he was struck by a box truck while walking back to his cruiser following a traffic stop. Trooper First Class Dennis Ricks died Wednesday at the hospital,

A South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper that was injured in the line of duty has died. As we previously reported, Trooper First Class Dennis Ricks was critically injuring during a traffic stop just after 2AM Sunday in Orangeburg County.

The trooper died nearly four days after being hit by a vehicle while performing a traffic stop in the Midlands, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.