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Letters from long-ago war reveal a young and tragic love

STORY AND PHOTOGRAPH by Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Pam Whitehead looks through the letters that she hasn’t read in over 40 years that were sent to her from a special someone who fought in the Vietnam War.
Sometimes the opening of an old dusty envelope hidden away in […]

By  David Stephens
Hometown News
Chesnee Mayor Max Cash convened city council in monthly session on Monday, July 12,  with all council members present. After the minutes from June were approved the mayor opened the floor for public comments with no one coming forward.
In the first order of business and in accordance with procedure, the election […]

By Leon G. Russ and Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Security cameras caught this image of the Sun Trust Bank robbery suspect. The same suspect apparently robbed the First Piedmont Bank at 901 E. Main St. around 9:50 Monday morning. The public is urged to call in tips on the suspect’s identity to Crime Stoppers at 888-CRIMESC or […]

By  David Stephens
Hometown News

Photo by David Stephens
Chesnee Mayor Max Cash presents the street name change proclamation to Floree Copeland.

When 30 - year Chesnee city employee Jerry Copeland passed away,  he left a town full of friends and memories. To honor Copeland’s service and dedication to the city of Chesnee a portion of McKinney Street near […]

By  David Stephens
Hometown News

Photo by David Stephens
Chesnee Police Chief Scott Smith with nephew Dylan Smith.
When Scott Smith returned home to Chesnee  from the Camden, SC, area to be the Police Chief, he had a goal in mind. That goal was to be of service to the community where he grew up,  not only as the […]

By  David Stephens
Hometown News
 

Photo by David Stephens
Joan Moore, Executive Director of Christmas in Action Spartanburg.
In October 2010, Christmas in Action comes to Chesnee to brighten the lives of a number of deserving homeowners.
Christmas in Action Spartanburg is a 501(c)3 non-profit agency that, in partnership with the community, repairs homes of low-income, elderly, and/or disabled homeowners […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Leon G. Russ
Three of the eight Norman Rockwell works that were displayed at the Spartanburg Art Museum at the Chapman Cultural Center last weekend are shown.

Upstate Norman  Rockwell fans were given a treat this past weekend when eight Rockwell paintings were displayed in association with the 100th anniversary exhibit […]

Local realtor, former Spartanburg Clerk of Court appear in court on drug charges
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Terry Glenn Lanford was scheduled to appear in federal court on Wednesday, June 23 in Greenville to answer for a drug charge stemming from a narcotics conspiracy with former Spartanburg Clerk of Court Marcus Kitchens  but was not present due […]

SLED investigating text messages and voicemails sent to Judge Smith
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Photo by Phil Buchheit
Woodruff realtor Terry G. Lanford is placed in a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office car last Thursday before he was  transported to the Detention Center for booking.

Around 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 17,  Terry Glenn Lanford was arrested at his home […]

by Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS

Mayor Junie White
Spartanburg Mayor Junie White suffered slings and arrows, and occasional words of praise, during the citizen’s comments portion of Monday’s city council meeting at city hall.
White received both criticism and praise for his proclamation last month in support of gay rights and declaring this Saturday, LBGT (Lesbian, Bi, Gay, […]