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By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Tyger River Assistant Fire Chief Shawn Harter demonstrates the use of a new pet oxygen mask donated to his department by Invisible Fence of the Upstate. The company has a nationwide program to donate specially designed masks to emergency responders in order to help save the lives of the estimated 500,000 pets […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Demonstrating the intention of a group of Holly Springs residents to seek the removal of several fire commissioners at next month’s meeting of the county legislative delegation, this sign along Hwy 357 showed up after last week’s contentious commission meeting at which the commissioners were grilled by angry residents.
The apparent impasse between […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has launched a preliminary investigation into allegations of impropriety at the Lyman wastewater treatment plant and had agents at the facility early last week, according to a spokeswoman for the agency.
Dawn Harris-Young, a spokeswoman for the EPA’s Region 4 office in Atlanta, confirmed the agency is in […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS
The Holly Springs Fire and Rescue Commission’s apparent disregard for the state’s Freedom of Information Act continued last week as a response to a Freedom of Information request admitted the commission failed to take minutes at all unscheduled meetings for the past year.
A letter from attorney Kenneth Anthony representing the commission in […]

Budget workshop planned to discuss projected revenue
 
By Jay King and Jed Blackwell
Hometown News

Photo By Jed Blackwell
Sandy Squires shows her support for Fire Chief Lee Jeffcoat with a homemade sign at Tuesday afternoon’s Holly Springs Fire Commission meeting.
The Holly Springs Fire and Rescue Commission stopped short of trying to terminate Chief Lee Jeffcoat a second time […]

Photo By Jed Blackwell
A Byrnes receiver hauls in a pass behind a Myrtle Beach defender during last week’s Southern Classic 7-on-7
tournament at Spartanburg High School. The Rebels beat Spartanburg in the tournament final to take the tournament title.
See story, page 1B in the Middle Tyger Times or any local Hometown News paper in the […]

By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford 2010 Mary Catherine Pitts is competing this week for the Miss South Carolina title in Columbia. The 2007 Byrnes graduate would like to raise awareness of mental health issues if crowned.
After weeks of preparation and eager anticipation, Miss Duncan-Lyman-Wellford 2010 Mary Catherine Pitts is set to compete this week in […]

Community support gains ground
By Jay King
HOMETOWN NEWS

A circuit court judge declared the Holly Springs Fire Commission in violation of the state’s Freedom of Information Act for the action taken at what the court deemed an illegal meeting June 16 and ordered Chief Lee Jeffcoat reinstated last Thursday.
In an action brought by attorney Ryan Langley on […]

Reader Appreciates King’s Coverage
To the Editor:
Jay King did a wonderful job of covering the last meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Holly Springs Fire and Rescue, and I hope he will continue to cover the rest of the story as it unfolds, because it is a mess that needs public scrutiny and an honorable […]

Local realtor, former Spartanburg Clerk of Court appear in court on drug charges
By Theron Willis
HOMETOWN NEWS

Terry Glenn Lanford was scheduled to appear in federal court on Wednesday, June 23 in Greenville to answer for a drug charge stemming from a narcotics conspiracy with former Spartanburg Clerk of Court Marcus Kitchens  but was not present due […]