Greenwood News

Deputies with the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office discovered a vehicle reported stolen out of Jacksonville, Fla., while serving an arrest warrant Tuesday afternoon.

According to a report from the Greenwood Police Department, officers performed a traffic stop on Bowie Street just before 3 p.m. Tuesday afternoon after the driver was observed to not be wearing a seat belt.

Greenwood shopper Brittany Smith looks as a store clerk rings up her order at Blossom Shoes and Such in Uptown Greenwood during Small Business Saturday.

Humane Society of Greenwood employee Brittany States holds "Rocky," one of the many dogs currently housed at the Greenwood County Animal Shelter.

A roomful of Greenwood business leaders were on hand Tuesday afternoon as health care providers explained details of the fast-approaching Affordable Care Act.

The Self Regional Healthcare Foundation's 26th annual Mid-Winter Ball will take place Saturday, March 1. This signature community event will feature a theme of "Moonlight and Magnolias, An Evening of Southern Elegance."

The beautiful spirit and soul of Frances King Allison entered into the kingdom of Heaven on Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Wesley Commons.

Oxygen Lounge will be bringing the YING YANG TWINS to Greenwood, SC on Friday Dec 13th.

Piedmont Agency on Aging is currently collecting items for holiday gift bags to distribute to Meals on Wheels recipients the week of Christmas.

Greenwood City Council approved the first reading of an ordinance that would allocate an additional $200,000 of hospitality tax funds to the beautification project along Oak and Main Streets in Uptown Greenwood.

Holiday fever burst out in Greenwood on Sunday after a pair of Christmas events decked the city with the spirit of the season.

Born in Aberdeen, SD, October 26, 1935, he was the son of the late Chester and Gertrude Buss Noss.

Ruby Mae Davis Shirley, 97, resident of 517 Old Abbeville Highway, widow of James Preston Shirley, died November 29, 2013, at her home.

Greenwood shopper Brittany Smith looks as a store clerk rings up her order at Blossom Shoes and Such in Uptown Greenwood during Small Business Saturday.

However, judging by the energized, spirited crowds that invaded stores across Greenwood late Thursday night and into Friday morning, that theory could be successfully challenged.

Charles "Charlie" Henry Fallon, 88, resident of 134 Cindy Drive, former resident of 117 Pelican Drive, Greenwood, husband of Dorothy "Dot" Moore Fallon, died November 26, 2013, at Hospice House.

Ruby Reese Benjamin, 89, resident of Lake Greenwood, widow of James Dodd Benjamin, died November 27, 2013 at Hospice House.

Robert Berkley "Bob" Alexander, 83, resident of 154 Highland Drive, widower of Lillian Russell Mattingly Alexander died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Hospice House.

There's a saying that pops up often at the Soup Kitchen in Greenwood this time of year: "Regardless of how little we have, we all have something to be thankful for."

Ninety Six High School Library Club sponsored a school-wide toiletry drive to support Meg's House in Greenwood an abused Women's Shelter.