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By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
 The Spartanburg County News covered many newsworthy stories throughout the year.  Below are excerpts of some memorable moments from 2008.
 
JANUARY
• County Councilwoman Johnnye Code-Stewart dies
County Councilwoman Johnnye Code-Stewart, 81, died of heart failure late Monday (January 28) at Spartanburg Regional Medical Hospital.
Spartanburg County Council Chairman Jeff Horton noted, “She really taught […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
For many people, overcoming the ordeal of cancer is the struggle of a lifetime, but for Sheriff’s Office Master Deputy Beverly Johnson battling breast cancer has given her not one but two opportunities to grow in faith.
Johnson was recently awarded the T.M. Floyd Justice Award by her peers at the Sheriff’s Office […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Spartanburg Regional Pediatric Rehabilitation staff, patients and their families joined in a holiday celebration at the Regional Outpatient Center on Church Street on Saturday, December, 6 that was sponsored by the Judy Bradshaw Children’s Foundation.
This was the 11th holiday celebration to date and the event has grown from 50 children the […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Second Presbyterian Soup Kitchen Director Lou Landrum looked around and surveyed the bustling scene around her.  Volunteers were hustling back and forth delivering food to the countless tables decorated festively for the Thanksgiving meal.  The hungry were crowded throughout the building:  some were seated at tables enjoying their meal while others […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
For Tony Fisher and the Spartanburg Department of Public Safety, law enforcement within the city is not so much a question of manpower but of how that manpower is used.
As the department’s director for the past 13 years, Fisher said he and his department have made it a priority to forge relationships […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

A three-day multi-agency effort to round up probation parole offenders has netted 62 arrests on an attempted 520 warrants from Sunday morning to midday Tuesday, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said during a press conference at the end of the effort.
Five agencies assisted with the operation, dubbed “Operation Abscond.” Wright said the […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
A groundbreaking ceremony for USC Upstate’s George Dean Johnson Jr. College of Business and Economics was held in the area next to the Chapman Cultural Center and the Montgomery Building.
USC Upstate Chancellor Dr. John C. Stockwell was pleased the university would have a presence in downtown Spartanburg so it could be […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Citing the success of the five-month long “Summer Of Silence’ initiative to go after convicted felons in possession of firearms, local, state and federal law enforcement officials announced plans to expand the program into Cherokee County in the upcoming months during a press conference last Thursday.
Building on the success of the Spartanburg […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Spartanburg County Republican Party Chairman Rick Beltram joined with Spartanburg County Democratic Party Chairman Glenn Lindman in an act of bipartisanship that is rarely seen in this Republican - red county when they held a joint news conference at Republican Party headquarters on South Pine Street Thursday, October 16.
The two chairmen […]

The night before his 18th birthday, Michael Green celebrated with more than 100  friends.  But this was no birthday party — it was a gathering to celebrate the  completion of a much-needed Eagle Scout project.  

Michael, along with 36 helpers  — including friends, family, and fellow Boy Scouts from Troop 5 — logged 590  volunteer […]