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By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

The Spartanburg County Council decided during a personnel and finance committee meeting on Monday to kill a proposed ordinance that would have allowed the county to designate fund-
ing from the hospitality tax to fund community-based
organizations like the Arts Partnership and the Spart-anburg County Regional Museum. 
After Assistant County Administrator Tom Gates briefed […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Duncan Fire Chief Barry Frost was honored for his department’s participation in this year’s American Warrior Triathlon in Ly-man during a brief presentation at the town council’s monthly meeting Monday.
Triathlon organizer Den-nis Lindey addressed the Duncan council and spoke about how much it meant to the men and women of the Special […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
Citing the success of the five-month long “Summer Of Silence’ initiative to go after convicted felons in possession of firearms, local, state and federal law enforcement officials announced plans to expand the program into Cherokee County in the upcoming months during a press conference last Thursday.
Building on the success of the Spartanburg […]

What Byrnes football has accomplished since that loss to Conway is nothing short of incredible.
The Rebels have won 91 of their last 94 games, with a loss to Evangel Christian of Louisiana and three to in-state rival Gaffney serving as the only blemishes on the record. Byrnes has won five of the last six 4A […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
In a surprise move, Lyman Police Chief Scott Suttles turned in his resignation dur-
ing Monday night’s Lyman Town Council Meeting.
The chief has served the town for 19 years, and his resignation will take effect at 5 p.m. on Oct. 31.
In his resignation letter delivered to Mayor Rodney Turner and the council, Suttles […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
In a field as much associated with grueling training and physical toughness, members of the Spartan-burg County SWAT team showed their mettle when they competed against hundreds of other teams from across the Southeast and nation during the USMC Mud Run Sept. 20 at Fort Jackson in Columbia.
Two four-man teams from the […]

BY JAY KING
HOMETOWN NEWS
   
    An armed security guard at a Wellford strip club was arrested by Wellford police following a shooting July 18, according to Chief Chris Guy.
    James Edward Neal, 39, of 110 Lynn St., Greer, was arrested and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill after he fired several rounds […]

PHOTO AND STORY BY
PHIL BUCHHEIT
PART 2:
“A Clearing of the Mind”
(The following is the second and final article of a series examining the psychological effects and emotional strain police officers encounter in their work.)

HOMETOWN NEWS Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputies arrested more than a dozen people early Friday after a four-month undercover investigation drew to its conclusion.

HOMETOWN NEWS With the State Department of Natural Resources declaring last week that the five principal counties of the Upstate are now in extreme drought conditions, water providers like SJWD are grappling with ways to deal with the looming crisis.