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By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
The plan to develop a comprehensive preservation plan for eight Revolutionary War battlefields spread across six Upstate counties is beginning to take shape as members of the project team met with area residents Monday to unveil what has been accomplished so far.
The ambitious project was sparked by a grant awarded in 2008 […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Despite construction setbacks caused by a Mother Nature seemingly intent on erasing last year’s drought, the new $9 million water park in Duncan opened this past Friday to hundreds of area residents intent on escaping the heat.
More than 400 children and adults flocked to the Upstate’s newest attraction, “Shipwreck Cove,” the pirate-themed […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Cancer shows no favoritism.  Young or old, rich or poor, black, white, brown, yellow or red, every American is susceptible to the disease.
Because of that fact Dorman High School once again played host to the largest American Cancer Society Relay for Life event in South Carolina on Friday night May 22.
According […]

Postal carriers’ Food Drive a Big Success for MTCC
By Lisa Hall

On Saturday, May 9, Middle Tyger Community Center was fortunate to be a drop-off site for the 2009 Postal Carriers’ Food Drive. This endeavor is held each year at this time, and people are encouraged to leave a bag of canned goods and/or other non-perishables […]

 By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
The Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium’s basement doors swung open wide to Upstate job seekers on Thursday, for the Workforce Expo.
According to Johnnie-Lynn Crosby, business services manager for the Workforce Investment Board (WIB),  67 vendors had booths manned for the 2,017 job seekers that attended the event.
She stated 33 businesses were on hand […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
 Tucked away on a quiet parcel of 40 acres off New Cut Road in northern Spartanburg County is one of the area’s oft-overlooked treasures, Wildlife Action’s outdoor education and activity center known as Lost Acres.
According to WLA Upstate Chapter volunteer Dan McCall, Lost Acres is one of several facilities the group maintains […]

By Leon G. Russ
HOMETOWN NEWS
Local TV and radio personalities, high school and college coaches and players, and politicians all turned out on Saturday, April 11 to support the Carolina Miracle League (CML).
All six CML teams took to the field at Miracle Park at the Spartanburg County Parks and Recreation Department’s North Spartanburg Sports Complex on […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News
“Upcountry South Carolina Goes to War: Letters of the Anderson, Brockman, and Moore Families, 1853-1865”,  compiled and edited by Tom Moore Craig, will be out in Spartanburg on Monday, April 20. The official launch will take place 7 p.m. at The Showroom, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Ave., in Spartanburg, at the old […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
For something that has often engendered controversy and ill-will among taxpayers, the local hospitality and accommodations taxes aimed at fostering tourism and increased recreational opportunities have been used to good effect, and Duncan’s new Stoneledge Park is a case in point.
According to Joe Newton, director of governmental services for the Appalachian Council […]

By CHRIS SHIPMAN
Hometown News

Tom Moore Craig spent many hours, magnifying glass in hand, straining his eyes, poring over more than ten dozen letters written more than 150 years ago. The letters, which were saved by his great aunt, Harriet Moore Fielder, and passed down to his father and then himself, are now a part of […]