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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 Jed Blackwell
Editor

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Henry Gramling of Gramling Farms shows off a can of Gramling peaches. Gramling recalled his family’s canning operations and detailed the peach industry for a Peach History Tour group on Saturday morning.

The millions of peach trees that once produced a riot of pinks and whites along the highways of Spartanburg […]

By Jay King
Staff Writer
Discussions about the budget during two back-to-back meetings by the Holly Springs Fire and Rescue Commission have failed to answer the question of whether the department can afford a fulltime chief, at least as far as most of the commissioners are concerned.
A budget workshop Friday at which Chief Lee Jeffcoat presented figures […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Demonstrating the intention of a group of Holly Springs residents to seek the removal of several fire commissioners at next month’s meeting of the county legislative delegation, this sign along Hwy 357 showed up after last week’s contentious commission meeting at which the commissioners were grilled by angry residents.
The apparent impasse between […]

Budget workshop planned to discuss projected revenue
 
By Jay King and Jed Blackwell
Hometown News

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Sandy Squires shows her support for Fire Chief Lee Jeffcoat with a homemade sign at Tuesday afternoon’s Holly Springs Fire Commission meeting.
The Holly Springs Fire and Rescue Commission stopped short of trying to terminate Chief Lee Jeffcoat a second time […]

Immigrant Stonemason’s Work Made Scenic Parkways Possible
By  David Stephens
Hometown News

Frank Troitino relaxes on the Blue Ridge Parkway with some of his tunnel stonework behind him.
Stonemason Frank Troitino, 74,  immigrated to the United States,  arriving in New York on January 31, 1961. Troitino came from the Galacia region of Northwest Spain where his stonemason expertise began. […]

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 Jed Blackwell
Editor

U.S. Marine and Inman native Tyrone Edwards recently presented the Greater Inman Area Chamber of Commerce with an Inman flag that was sent to him and which he had flown on two combat missions in Afghanistan.
Tyrone Edwards is proud of his hometown.
Edwards, an air traffic controller in the U.S. Marine Corps, says he’s […]

By John Messer
Contributing Writer

Front, l to r: Brother Jerry, Dad Jerry, Mom Norma, Son Zack, Wife Angie, Mayor Wright Gaines, Council Member Cornelius Huff. Back, l to r:  Council members Bo Cantrell, Kevin Newman, and Ginger Morrow.
Inman City Council met in regularly scheduled session on Monday, June 14 at 6:00 pm in City Hall. […]