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By Dale Wilkerson
For Hometown NEws
HENRY SMITH FIELD – Clouds rolled into to the Inman […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Despite an extension granted to the county after it made a $56,000 payment, the Spartanburg Humane Society has given the county until Oct. 31 to pay about $110,000 the shelter says the county owes or the shelter will stop taking strays from the county.
SHS President Sandy Christiansen announced last Monday that the […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
After three years of off and on discussions about implementing an agreement with municipalities over charges for prisoners held in the county jail, Spartanburg County Council gave the green light to administration to sign an updated contract with the county’s cities and towns at the council’s monthly meeting Monday.
The agreement is essentially […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
At the end of a month-long investigation, Spartanburg County sheriff’s narcotics investigators seized nearly 400 pounds of marijuana from an Inman home and put two men behind bars for drug trafficking.
Sheriff Chuck Wright announced the major drug bust at a press conference last Wednesday and praised the work of his narcotics unit […]

By John Messer
Contributing Writer
The second meeting in attempts to determine exactly what the public desires with regard to the proposed Holston Creek regional park was held last week at Campobello-Gramling School. Forty seven interested persons attended this meeting, to hear existing plans and provide input for design engineers to consider in future plans.
County Council Member […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
With the ongoing strain on local government finances, Spartanburg County Council has unanimously approved pursuing possible legal action against the state to forestall having to spend local taxpayer money on the upcoming presidential primary in February.
Council chairman Jeff Horton explained during a special meeting Friday that he volunteered Spartanburg County to take […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
Inman will celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Harvest Day Festival on Saturday, and organizers are expecting another successful event.
“We’re ready for the festival,” said Wanda Ballenger, Harvest Day chairperson for the Greater Inman Area Chamber of Commerce. “We’ve been working for a long time.”
Ballenger said the festival will retain a local feel […]

 By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
The S.C. House representatives singled out as the “Spartanburg 6” for their opposition to a school voucher bill continued to take their message of achievement to their constituents during a series of town hall meetings last week.
On Aug. 30 the six – Reps. Doug Brannon, Eddie Tallon, Derham Cole Jr. Steve Parker, […]

By Martha Morgan
Contributing Writer
During these economic hard times, school districts throughout South Carolina are finding it necessary to cut teachers and programs. It is refreshing to see a district that is determined not to cut programs that are extremely vital to the success of children, particularly those who may begin school lacking the necessary skills. […]

By Dale Wilkerson
For Hometown News
Editor’s Note: Longtime Chapman and Riverside High School band director John Bolt passed away last week. The following is a tribute to Bolt by one of his former students.
There is a line in the Billy Joel song, “Piano Man”, where one of the patrons at the establishment in which the Piano […]