• Do you take the shampoos and conditioner bottles from your hotel?

  • Yes
  • No

  View Results

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
For those who knew him best, the life and death of Army Capt. David Hortman represents both the triumph and the tragedy of a life so full of accomplishment and yet more potential that was cut short during a training accident on Aug. 8 at Fort Benning, Ga.
To the members of the […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
In a brief meeting Monday night, Inman City Council voted to give the Spartanburg County Election Commission the authority to run Inman’s municipal elections.
The move is being considered by the county’s other municipalities as well, in the wake of new regulations regarding poll workers.
“In order for workers to be certified, the state is […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Aspiring area football players were afforded the opportunity to receive instruction from local Chapman High legends during the Toby Cates Football Skills Camp held at Inman’s Jim Everhart Field on Saturday, July 23.
Cates called on former Chapman High School teammates and coaches as well as some of his former University of […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
After weeks of frenetic work - and under a tight veil of secrecy - the home built by a Campobello-based company for the popular ABC television show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” was delivered last week and the recipients revealed.
The custom-built home made by Blue Ridge Log Cabins for the show is destined […]

Upstate company carries on moonshine tradition - legally
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
With the recent arrest of three men in Spartanburg County for operating an illegal moonshine still in the Landrum area, Upstate residents have been reminded that distilling spirits from corn is a longstanding tradition here dating back to colonial times.
It was in part to connect […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
A newly-formed Commission will be tasked with overseeing the progress of the Inman Trail, as a portion of the statewide Palmetto Trail project will be established in Inman.
The Inman Trail Commission, began meeting in late May, and will work under the guidance of the city’s Planning Commission. Trail Commission members include Summer Tebalt, […]

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
A Campobello log cabin manufacturer has been chosen to build a home for the wildly popular ABC television program, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” for its 9th season to be aired this fall.
Blue Ridge Log Cabins is the leading manufacturer of modular log homes and will build 90 percent of […]

By Jed Blackwell
Editor
Inman City Council met Monday night, approving a budget for fiscal year 2011-2012 on second reading.
The budget includes projected revenues and expenditures of $968,000.  It reflects a .0052 percent change in both those categories over the present fiscal year.
The estimated millage remains at 60.2 mills with no increase. The estimated millage equates to […]

District One Schools announces the retirement of Mr. William “Ott” Sizemore, Principal of Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary School effective June 30, 2011.  Mr. Sizemore has served as Principal of Holly Springs-Motlow Elementary for three years and has worked in District One for a total of eighteen years in several capacities.
Mr. Ott Sizemore began his educational […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Spartanburg County Council is set to take a closer look at its insurance options during a budget work session this week, and among those options the front-runner appears to be self-funding the county’s health insurance.
According to Assistant Administrator Jim Hipp, the administration has been working on refining plans and figures stemming from […]