Lyman News

It seemed like a very normal afternoon in Lyman, S.C., a small southern town in upstate; the closest metropolis was Spartanburg, which wasn't all that much of a metropolis.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:31 a.m. A 19-year-old struck by a passing motorist near Greer early Sunday had refused to ride with an intoxicated driver after a party, authorities said.

A teenager is dead after she was struck by a truck on Highway 357 in Spartanburg County.

John Mills remembered his daughter Sunday as an upbeat, cheerful humanitarian and said that he forgives a man who has been charged with felony driving under the influence in a wreck that claimed her life.

A 17-year-old Lyman girl was killed and five people were injured in a wreck outside Greer, one of two fatal accidents Saturday in the Upstate, a state Highway Patrol spokesman said.

A 17-year-old Lyman girl was killed this morning and five people were injured in a wreck outside Greer, a state Highway Patrol spokesman said.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said it is investigating an overnight crash in Spartanburg County that left one person dead and five others injured.

Greg Willimon of Pickens, S.C., won the Walmart Bass Fishing League South Carolina Division two-day Super Tournament on Lake Hartwell Sunday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 36 pounds, 1 ounce.

A fire Tuesday morning destroyed a Spartanburg County business. The fire happened at Gray's Auto Service on Spartanburg Highway in Lyman.

Authorities are awaiting autopsy results to determine how a Greer woman strapped inside a car died after her and the car were found submerged in a Spartanburg County lake.

Mandy Nicole Godwin of Florence and Robert McKinley Smith of Lyman were married on September 19, 2009 at 3:30 pm at Southside Baptist Church.

A South Carolina congressman had an unexpected critic at his monthly breakfast on Monday.

Rita Allison, a 69-year-old South Carolina grandmother and state representative from Lyman, SC, filed a defamation lawsuit yesterday over an anonymous letter.

A South Carolina legislator filed a defamation lawsuit Thursday over an anonymous letter mailed to her Spartanburg County constituents that suggests she had an affair with Gov.

A former bank manager in South Carolina has been sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling nearly $400,000 over two years through phony loans.

A South Carolina man is awaiting a new hearing after his 1996 death sentence was overturned.

Police have charged a South Carolina couple with neglect after their disabled 7-year-old son was admitted to the hospital weighing just 15 pounds.

Police have charged a South Carolina couple with neglect after their disabled 7-year-old son was admitted to the hospital weighing just 15 pounds.

Police have charged a South Carolina couple with neglect after their disabled 7-year-old son was admitted to the hospital weighing just 15 pounds.

A home at 22 Tenth Street, Greer, may not be used as multifamily house, the city Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously ruled Aug.