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When Boiling Springs firefighter Kellie Hughes moved from North Carolina to the Cowpens area in 1998,  she was surrounded by family members that were involved in firefighting. It wasn’t long before Hughes wanted to participate as well,  and as she said, “I got tired of watching them ride off on the fire trucks”, so Hughes […]

Boiling Springs Area Council President Cindi Knox convened the council for their annual retreat on January 18  during which they heard updates and information from various speakers of interest.

First to speak was State House Representative Steve Parker. Parker said that in the next legislative session,  to begin on January 19, legislators would be looking carefully […]

Following a musical performance by several members of the Boiling Springs Elementary School honor choir on the evening of January 12, District Two School Board Chairwoman Connie Smith convened the board in regular session with nine trustees and School Superintendent Dr. Scott Mercer in attendance.
Minutes from the November 2009 meeting were submitted and approved. Personnel […]

The quiet of Sunday morning church services was shattered by gunfire in downtown Spartanburg over the weekend as Spartanburg County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed an armed suspect following a robbery and chase shortly after 11 a.m.

According to Spartanburg County Sheriff’s spokesman Tony Ivey, deputies had been summoned to an armed robbery call at the […]

When Dimitri Kakouras opened the Grapevine Restaurant in Boiling Springs he envisioned it as just not a place to eat, but as a family gathering place and a place of friendship.
To that end, Kakouras participates in many community and charitable projects throughout the year, but Christmas time and the “Season of Giving” are special to […]

With so many folks lined up in the East Blackstock Road Lowe’s parking lot last Wednesday, December 23, it certainly had the look of pre-Christmas shopping specials.

And just like those “door-busting deals” offered throughout the Christmas shopping season,  the folks had been there a long time, some since before dawn, while others had been up […]

You see them everywhere.

At the Second Presbyterian Soup Kitchen.

Milling around the corner of Reidville Road and Forest Street where the Miracle Hill Mission is located.

Ducking into The Haven on South Church Street.

You may encounter them in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart on East Main Street asking for spare change or standing at the traffic […]

It was cloudy and cold, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of the big crowd that came out for the annual Boiling Springs Jaycee Christmas parade on December 12, 2009.
The parade led by the Boiling Springs High School Upper State champion marching band and Boiling Springs American Legion Post 200 featured more than 55 floats, […]

Deputy Nick Hullinger was named the 2009 Officer of the Year at the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office Annual Awards Banquet Friday, Dec. 4, at the Mid-City Shrine Club in Wellford.

In naming Hullinger the department’s top deputy for the year, Sheriff Chuck Wright said the bilingual deputy was a walking repository of knowledge on gangs and […]

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) from several upstate chapters honored four former Prisoners of War (POWs) on the evening of November 18, 2009, at a special dinner held in the banquet room of the University Readiness Center on the campus of USC Upstate. 
In opening remarks, DAV Spartanburg Chapter 3 Commander Don Byrum said, […]