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A Level 2 male correctional facility with a fenced perimeter covered top to bottom with razor wire doesn’t sound like the type of place for a short,  petite female minister. But this has been the exact environment where Pastor Deborah Williams has made her biggest impact for over 25 years.
Deborah Williams has been pastor of […]

Governor Mark Sanford came to the Spartanburg County Courthouse on Friday, March 5 to announce his choice for the Spartanburg County Clerk of Court’s position that had been vacant since Mark Kitchens submitted his resignation on February 5, once day after being arrested on federal drug charges.

Sanford’s announcement offered hope to Spartanburg. Literally.
Sanford named Hope […]

Students at Inman Elementary School and Inman Intermediate School benefitted recently from a program sponsored by Macy’s, Inc. and Reading is Fundamental (RIF).   The schools were recipients of nearly fifty beautiful, new, hard-cover books thanks to Macy’s and their customers.
In the “Book a Brighter Future” campaign, customers were asked to donate three dollars to RIF […]

Inman First Baptist Church is reaching out to those in need in Haiti in a very interesting way.

The church will fill an old school bus purchased from the North Carolina school system with thousands of pounds of rice, beans, and personal care products and ship them - along with the bus - to Bayonnais, Haiti.

Greg […]

Aldersgate United Methodist Church hosted Scouts and leaders for morning worship during the annual Inman area Scouting Sunday, and joined other area churches in observing “Souper Bowl Sunday” after worship on Feb 7th.

Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts and leaders were guests and participants in the morning worship service in the sanctuary.  Inman Mills’ sponsored/chartered […]

Spartanburg County deputies arrested an Inman man for criminal sexual conduct with a minor following the execution of a search warrant in connection with a child pornography investigation.

Jeffrey Dean Wilson, 44, of 13 Anderson St., Inman, was arrested and booked into the Spartanburg County Detention Center Jan. 27 and charged with one count each of […]

It’s sometimes easy to take fire service for granted.What’s not easy is what it takes to be a fireman. The hours, the training, and the demands of the job take a toll on firefighters.

Fortunately, Inman has some of the best.

“We’ve got guys who are really good,” Inman Fire Chief Chris Cothran said. “People don’t know, […]

Andy Lawson, School Resource Officer in Spartanburg District One Schools, was recently named Spartanburg County Resource Officer of the Year. The recommendations for SRO of the Year are based on leadership, knowledge of the position of SRO, and the willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty.

“Officer Lawson was chosen to receive this […]

Nancy Burns Durham and Pam Gilbert Lynch met in Cary, NC as fifth graders in school.  They remained very good friends, and kept in touch for many years, until Pam’s family was called overseas as Southern Baptist Missionaries. 
Ensuing moves of both families, and several changes in e-mail addresses resulted in lost contact.  Upon return to […]

The $1.2 million plan to put mobile data terminals in 200 Spartanburg County Sheriff’s cruisers has hit a snag as some questions during the bid process have temporarily delayed the awarding of the bid for the project.

According to county Purchasing Director Mike Emory, one of the companies who placed a bid had some questions about […]