Spartanburg News

Thanks to hoodies and loud music in Florida, "stand your ground" laws are under an intense microscope these days.

South Carolina drivers have seen a steady increase in gas prices in recent months, but motorists taking to the road this weekend will still find it a bit cheaper to drive than a year ago.

Spartanburg Community College will hold a job fair to recruit qualified part-time faculty members and provide an opportunity for job seekers to meet with SCC's hiring managers.

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's campaign reported raising $873,178 during the first quarter of 2014, giving him more than $6.85 million cash-on-hand.

Officials at the University of South Carolina Upstate are still defending the school against criticism from politicians who object to LGBT-themed programs, but other politicos have joined the homophobic chorus.

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Susan Lynn Whited Kochenower, 65, of 606 College Drive, Gaffney, S.C., passed away on Saturday, April 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.

As the metals distribution industry slides into the second half of 2011, service center executives are generally comfortable with the state of the market-but uncomfortable with matters outside it.

There might be even more BMWs coming from North America soon. The company recently announced plans to build a flagship crossover called the X7 at its Spartanburg, SC, factory.

On April 7, 2014, a morning of heavy rain, The Mary B. Thomas Girls Youth Circle Unit#16, District 5 was on a mission.

Details were still emerging on Saturday about the deaths of a Millersburg husband and wife in a plane crash late Friday afternoon in West Virginia.

Honor Flight Lowcountry, from Charleston International Airport, planning next trip for Sept.

JUST TWO WEEKS AGO, BMW ANNOUNCED AN INCREDIBLE ONE BILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION FOR ITS UPSTATE PLANT.

Senators continue to debate the question of when life begins. On Thursday, medical experts and theologists weighed in on the debate and legislation that seeks to give embryos in-utero constitutional rights.

Betty Alice Morgan Gauvin, 85, resident of Thompson Drive, widow of Leon Roland Gauvin, died April 8, 2014 at Hospice House.

A 44-year-old South Carolina man is accused of setting himself and his house on fire while authorities were serving multiple warrants for his arrest, WYFF-TV reported on Monday.

That's what the founder of Meeting Street Academy Ben Navarro told a crowd of several hundred people Tuesday at Memminger Auditorium.

A Ninety Six woman and a Spartanburg man are facing charges after police say they broke into a house on Watts Bridge Road in January.

Editor's Note: This is the second post in a two-part series examining the recycling industry and job creation.

A flier on the campus of USC Upstate in Spartanburg shows the dates and times for the Bodies of Knowledge Symposium which starts Thursday, but it's the subject surrounding it that has students talking.