Piedmont News

An Easley man has been charged with manufacturing a fire bomb by taping about 500 sparklers together in connection with an explosion that seriously injured a 15-year-old boy July 2. Robert Stephen Spicer, 22, of 135 Watson Road, Easley, was arrested today, according to a warrant and Anderson Fire Chief Billy Gibson.

Summer is here in all its glory. One reason that I can tell this is because the glorious blooms of crape myrtle are bursting forth.

Greer Fire Marshal Scott Keeley has ruled the cause of a fire 'undetermined' that broke out June 30 in a home at 2:40 a.m. in the Victor neighborhood.

Fifteen-year-old Ryan Stancell has lost his hand and most likely have to have both legs amputated after a fireworks accident Thursday night.

Sabertooth Motorcycles offers an alternative to the run of the mill cruiser, big v-twin bikes and other high-performance motorcycles.

I read with extreme interest the Greenville News June 16 article concerning animal control.

On Wednesday, June 17, 2009, Erica Renee Burts, of Greenville, SC was crowned Woman of the Year by the State Baptist YWA at Brookland Baptist Church, Columbia, SC.

A Piedmont man was charged with assault with intent to kill in a vicious beating Friday outside the Holiday Inn on Augusta Road that left the 66-year-old victim on life support, a deputy said.

Rod and Amy Armstrong of Simpsonville announce the birth of a son, Landon Ryder Armstrong, on April 29, at St.

COLUMBIA, SC...William Welch, an active member of the Woodmont Young Farmer and Agribusiness chapter, Piedmont, SC, has been named state winner in Swine Production by the SC Young Farmer and Agribusiness Association, according to John W. Parris, state director of public affairs with the organization.

Parent Company Sabertooth Motorcycles recently announced the advent of its new trike division, Cerberus Trikes.

South Carolina officials have released charges against a man they say drove toward a sheriff's deputy, prompting him to fire several times.

A Greenville County sheriff's deputy fired several shots at a truck heading toward him on Sunday, launching a two-hour manhunt that led to the evacuation of a Piedmont golf course, deputies said.

COLUMBIA a ' South Carolina legislators are expected to take up Gov. Mark Sanford's vetoes of the $5.7 billion state budget and a demand that he request nearly $700 million in federal stimulus cash.

Investigators are trying to figure out how a 48-year old woman died over the weekend at a Piedmont home.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death at a mobile home off Piedmont Highway in Piedmont, S.C. Investigators said dispatch received a 911 call Saturday afternoon reporting an apparent suicide at the home, but neighbors told FOX Carolina they heard a gunshot and saw a man running from the home.

TLC Wren Baptist Church 120 Wren Road Piedmont SC 29673 Fundraiser Car Wash, Hot Dog and Bake Sale May 30, 2009 10 a.m. until Ingles Grocery Store in Powdersville We will be washing cars and selling homemade hot dogs and baked goods to raise money for our teens beach prayer retreat in August.

Residents who were still awake got a long look at a Highway Patrol pursuit late Friday night as officers followed a man who did not pull over at a driver's license checkpoint, a Highway Patrol spokeswoman said today.

A sting on a Piedmont business turned up more than $88,000 in clothing and other items with counterfeit designer labels and led to a larger find in Georgia, South Carolina Secretary of State Mark Hammond said Thursday.

PELZER a 'An Easley woman died, and her three grandchildren were injured in a head-on collision in Piedmont Wednesday afternoon.