Simpsonville News

For some residents in Simpsonville's Poinsettia subdivision, the route home has changed.

The bride-to-be is a graduate of Clemson University where she earned a Masters of Professional Accountancy.

The 2:00 ceremony was officiated by The Reverend Doctor James Nates. A reception followed at The Loom at Cotton Mill Place.

The wedding will be May 17,2014 at Pretty Place Chapel.

Firefighters put out a blaze at Scuffletown USA in Simpsonville this afternoon, preventing it from reaching the dance barn, said Fire Capt.

Tabatha Holmes has established a petition at change.org to ask the South Carolina state legislature to reinstate a funding cut as a result of both the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina-Upstate that used "books on homosexuality."

The South Carolina House of Delegates has punished, and as a result censored, the College of Charleston and USC Upstate by cutting their budgets for assigning freshman to read books dealing with what, in the opinion of our overwhelming conservative legislature, would be immoral subject matter.

Calling all little leprechauns: Greenville Rec is hosting a Leprechaun O'Gala worth a pot of gold at the Pavilion.

The city of Simpsonville's interim administrator said Wednesday that he and newly rehired Police Chief Keith Grounsell sat together and modified the proposed employment contract that Grounsell said on Tuesday he had never seen.

The S.C. House Committee on Ways and Means recently voted to reduce state support for the College of Charleston by $52,000 as punishment for selecting "Fun Home," a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, as the featured text in the 2013 College Reads! program.

To report a problem with a traffic signal in Greenville County call the state Department of Transportation at 855-467-2368.

Emma Murray Wood, 94, widow of Joel Edward Wood, died Sunday, March 9, 2014 at Laurel Baye HealthCare of Greenville.

The wedding is planned for October 2014, at The Huguenot Mill, Greenville, South Carolina.

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The legislators want to reduce funding for the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate because the schools assigned materials to students that dealt with homosexual themes.

They were married December 28, 1963 at Bethel Church of God, Greenville, S.C. by the late Reverend J. D. Bailey Maggie is the daughter of the late Caesar and Ruby Davenport Channell of Greenville.

Simpsonville's newly reinstated police chief is seeking a seven-year contract that would give him a raise and more than $100,000 in back pay in exchange for assurances that he won't sue the city, according to the proposed contract provided to The Greenville News.

Jodi and Lenny compete in AKC Obedience Trials. Lenny was awarded his Novice Title-CD in January in Columbia SC Jodi and Lenny compete in AKC Obedience Trials.

Controversy over reading selections at a pair of colleges in South Carolina last year has reared its head again, and this time it may result in budget cuts for the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate.

Two banks with Upstate branches have agreed to merge. Park Sterling Corp., holding company for Park Sterling Bank, and Provident Community Bancshares Inc., holding company for Provident Community Bank, said today they have signed a defnitive merger agreement.