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By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
The Town of Pacolet teamed up with the Red Cross and Spartanburg County Emergency Management personnel and held an emergency disaster preparedness exercise on Saturday.
The exercise scenario was an explosion and fire caused by the collision of two trains directly across from residential housing and very near the Pacolet Library, Pacolet […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
When Spartanburg City Council met at its meeting on Monday, June 8 it marked the second consecutive meeting where City Councilman Joe Spigner notably voiced an objection.
His objection sparked a visible irritation between council members to the point where Mayor Bill Barnet reminded council civility must be maintained during the meeting.
Following […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
The Gibbs Cancer Center held its 15th Annual Survivors Day celebration at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium on Sunday, June 7.
More than 1,200 people attended the Western - styled event whose theme this year was “We are strong to GIDDY UP!”
Attendees were treated to live music from Ed Burrell and the Country […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
After weeks of having his name bandied about as a possible challenger to 4th Congressional District Rep. Bob Inglis, Seventh Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy announced Monday that he will contest the seat spanning four Upstate counties.
During a press conference at his Spartanburg home, Gowdy said that he had come to the decision […]

Story and Photos By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
The skies were grey and the air muggy but the rain held off as those gathered at Duncan Park’s Veterans Point for the Memorial Day Ceremony came together to honor the service of current military members and remember the service of those who had gone before and paid […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Under grey overcast skies on Friday, May 15,  a gaggle of Upstate politicians wound their way from the Spartanburg County Administration Building’s parking lot down Magnolia Street and into Morgan Square as part of Partners for Active Living’s “Pedal with your Politician” event marking both Bike to Work Day and Spartanburg’s […]

Story by
William Buchheit

May 2nd, 11:20 am: John picks me up in his truck on a warm, drizzly Saturday morning in May.  It’s the first time I’ve seen him since a Springsteen show last April.  We both made it to the Atlanta show April 22, but I was with my mom and sister and he’d […]

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by William Buchheit
About eight years ago, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) released an eye-opening 195-page report entitled “Shoveling Up: The Impact of Substance Abuse on State Budgets.”
That document revealed that for every $100 our state spends on substance abuse, only 26 cents goes towards treatment and […]

A Series by William Buchheit
Forty years after Richard Nixon declared it, America’s war on drugs remains an unmitigated failure.  Substance abuse in the US remains high, as does the availability of drugs in every city in every state.  And even if the use of long-standing illicit drugs may have dropped by the smallest of margins, […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Throughout the month of April Spartanburg County students in grades 1 through 9 have had the opportunity to attend the Junior Fire Academy at City Fire Station 1 in downtown Spartanburg and become Junior Fire Prevention Officers.
Brad Hall, a Senior Fire Inspector with the Spartanburg Fire Division explained the reason for […]