Greer News

On Sunday December 6, 2009, at 3:00 pm the Greer Jaycees will host the annual Greer Christmas Parade.

GREER - Greer has received two proposals - both of them health-care-related - for reuse of the seven-acre former Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital campus on Wade Hampton Boulevard, according to city officials.

Where in the world is Tiesha? The hunt began after Stan Christofferson, owner of the Great Bay Oyster House and his daughter, Katie Gambrel, decided to find the 10 toads on Trade Street just placed in strategic spots by BIN112 owner and chef Jason Clark.

The election for the Greer City Council District 6 seat will need a recount. The unofficial numbers from Tuesday night show Judy Albert with 130 votes, and Belle Coxe Mercado with 128 votes.

Greer, SC, November 12, 2009 - Job seekers now have a new resource in the Greer area to assist them in their search for employment.

A fundraiser for Miss Greater Greer Hannah Ponder and Miss Greater Greer Teen Anna Brown will be held Thursday, November 19, at Pizza Inn on Wade Hampton Boulevard in Greer from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to come out and meet the queens and to assist them in raising funds towards their participation in the Miss South Carolina and Miss ...

Tap Water Safety Come hear a discussion entitled 'Chloramine in our tap water: Is it safe?' at the Jean M. Smith Branch Library, 505 Pennsylvania Ave., Greer from 7-8 p.m. Dec.

This city has implemented a new fee structure for its Parks and Recreation Department programs, now that it has the software to distinguish between city residents and nonresidents through online registration.

The number of hungry is growing, and volunteers and staff at Daily Bread Ministries on East Poinsett Street are struggling to keep up.

GREER - A runoff election for the District 6 Greer City Council seat will be held Tuesday between two-term incumbent Belle Mercado and challenger Judy Albert.

A South Carolina man has been arrested in the death of his mother who was unresponsive when he brought her to a hospital covered in open sores - some of them with maggots inside.

GREER - Police are investigating as a homicide the death of 49-year old Greer woman who died this morning after being found by her mother 15 days ago lying beaten on her bedroom floor, according to authorities.

Iris Whatley grudgingly admits that she's not as productive at knitting as she once was.

Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com : Psoriasis If you have moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis, you may qualify for this study of an investigational medication.

Helping Hands director John Jenkins has seen families walk three miles just to get a box of food from Brushy Creek First Assembly of God, which opens its doors every Wednesday night to provide emergency relief to those in need.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Jeffrey Leon Booker, 26, and Amy Amanda Coleman, 27, both of 712 Moore St.

When Spartanburg Sheriff's deputies arrived at a Greer mobile home in response to a domestic disturbance call, they discovered swarms of cockroaches that scampered across the doors, floors and appliances inside the home, deputies wrote in an incident report.

Village Hospital Announced as Title Sponsor for the Greer Family Festival! The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Village Hospital will once again be the title sponsor for the 26th Anniversary Greer Family Festival.

Greer Chamber Releases its 2010 Legislative Agenda Greer, SC: The Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce has finalized its 2010 Legislative Agenda.

Spartanburg County deputies said that when they were called to a Greer home about a domestic disturbance, they found it so filthy and roach infested, they had to put on protective gear before they could go inside.