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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 2010 Census questionnaire will arrive at households throughout South Carolina from March 15 through 17.  Census Bureau officials ask you to watch for the 10-question form, fill it out and mail it back immediately […]

Small group works to restore cemetery, keep area history alive
Pat Oxley’s quest to restore the Clifton Cemetery to its former luster could be called quixotic.  Even her daughter Karen wondered why she would take on such a challenge.

Oxley doesn’t even have the old arched iron gate that used to span the entrance to the cemetery […]

A Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with one count of criminal domestic violence Sunday night and was terminated Monday from the department for conduct unbecoming an officer.
David Bryan Lawson, 51, of 1271 Hanging Rock Rd., Boiling Springs, was arrested after deputies responded to a domestic call at the residence of Lawson’s estranged […]

The Spartanburg Convention and Visitor’s Bureau (CVB) held it’s second annual Visitor’s Guide release party at Brasserie Ecosse on Thursday, February 18.
Amy Phillips of the CVB noted the new Visitor’s Guide has 15 more pages than last year’s edition.  She said the new guide has been expanded and updated.
The 129 - page guide provides even […]

The joy of a blowout win was followed by panic as gunshots rang out just outside the doors to the Broome High School gym following the completion of the Broome Chesnee basketball game on Thursday night, February 11.
Panicked students ran down the hallway, screaming,  “he’s got a gun, he’s got a gun” and “someone’s been […]

Delphine Thornton is a slightly built senior with a quiet voice that commanded much attention when she spoke at the Spartanburg Democratic Party luncheon on Monday.

What did she say that had everyone in attendance leaning forward in their chairs to better hear her?

Thornton related her link to Coretta Scott King and Dr. Martin Luther King, […]

United States Attorney Kevin F. McDonald stated Tuesday afternoon that Spartanburg County Clerk of Court Marcus Woodrow Kitchens was arrested Tuesday in Spartanburg on federal drug conspiracy charges.  In a federal Complaint signed Tuesday and unsealed Monday by United States Magistrate Judge Bruce H. Hendricks, Kitchens was charged with conspiring to possess with intent to […]

Area veterans in need of medical services no longer have to travel to Greenville to a Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, as a new facility has opened near Boiling Springs to serve their needs.

Located in the North Grove Medical Park, the Spartanburg VA Community Outpatient Clinic has been in service since November 23. The facility officially […]

Broadcast journalist Ed Gordon was the keynote speaker at the 23rd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Unity Celebration at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium Monday night.  Gordon’s address to the nearly 2,000 in attendance stressed the importance of  being prepared.  He constantly stated, “Greatness follows success, success is borne of preparation, and preparation is initiated […]

The Charles Lea Center held a Legislative Luncheon at the Spartanburg Public Library’s Headquarters in the Barrett Room on Friday, January 8 to ensure legislators knew that upcoming budget cuts weren’t just numbers on a page but something that would seriously impact real people and real clients the center serves.

The Charles Lea Center’s Executive Director […]