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In the grand dance that was the recruiting experience of Marcus Lattimore, South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier knew all the right steps.
Lattimore chose the Gamecocks over Auburn on Tuesday night, in part because of the comfortable feeling he got during his visits at the university.

So, what did Spurrier do to close the deal?

“He did […]

Students in one District 5 neighborhood might be headed to a different elementary school in the coming school year.

The District 5 School Board heard a report Monday night that proposed an attendance area change for the Brookside neighborhood.
Students who live in Brookside now attend Wellford Elementary School and advance to Berry Shoals Intermediate. All […]

FORT McCOY, Wis. – Members of the 174th Engineer Company, many  of whose members are from Spartanburg, Greenville,  Cherokee and Union Counties,   are at Fort McCoy, Wis., preparing for a deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom.

Since their arrival at Fort McCoy in November, Soldiers from 174th, an Army National Guard unit with its home station […]

A former Duncan town clerk has been arrested in connection with a knife fight in Spartanburg that sent four people to the hospital.

Dabney Frazier Bowen, 36, of 15 Flagstone Ln., Tryon, NC, was arrested on two counts each of assault and battery with intent to kill and assault and battery of a high and aggravated […]

The 2010 Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford Scholarship Pageant & Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford Teen Pageant is being held this Saturday, January 9 at James F. Byrnes High School at 7 p.m. “A Circus Extraordinaire” is the theme & will feature Morgan Swearington, the reigning Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford 2009 along with Amber Cohen, Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford Teen 2009.

There are 7 local contestants […]

Despite the cutting-edge technology and advanced techniques now being used in crime scene investigations that regularly capture the public’s imagination through shows like CSI and NCIS, Spartanburg County Sheriff’s investigator Sean Nix gets the most satisfaction from the venerable forensic art of fingerprinting.

The eight-year veteran deputy has degrees in history and criminal justice and has […]

It’s a commonplace among law enforcement officers to be out on a call for such a long period of time that officers miss meal breaks, but one Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputy’s spouse saw an opportunity to serve and founded a non-profit aimed at addressing the problem – Sheriff Snacks.

Katrina Roper is an ebullient woman who […]

Residents of the Middle Tyger area can now take advantage of healthcare services thanks to the partnership of the Middle Tyger Community Center and ReGenesis Health Care.

The new health clinic officially opened Dec. 1, but members of the community were invited to tour the facility during an open house this past Thursday.

Joy McGaha, director of […]

Spartanburg District 5 schools are just weeks away from debuting a new Fine Arts Center. The 1,020-seat facility will accommodate every arts program in the district as well as provide meeting space for large-scale staff events.
“We built it so our students and our community could have a comfortable place to go and see a good […]

Going high tech
By Jay King HOMETOWN NEWS
Taking the lead in using technology to increase officer efficiency and safety, the Duncan Police Department has gone electronic and now uses computers in the cars to assist officers in fulfilling their duties.
For the rest of the story, see this week’s Middle Tyger Times