Spartanburg News

SPARTANBURG -- A Spartanburg County jury has sentenced a Chesnee man to death for shooting and killing an 8-year-old girl nearly five years ago.

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The state recently rewrote its filing procedures after an unexpected S.C. Supreme Court ruling knocked more than 200 county and state candidates off the 2012 ballot.

"Moses does not run the believer's life. If he did, the believer would be subject to the legal interpretation of the law and would in fact, fail to meet God's standards and would sin in his sight."

College of Charleston graduate Jon Sealy's first novel, "The Whiskey Baron," published by Spartanburg-based Hub City Press, is a literary thriller about family ties, bad choices and the folly of power and limitations of the law.

The Florida Gulf Coast University women's tennis team swept USC Upstate, 7-0, on Saturday in Spartanburg, S.C. "The ladies stuck to the plan," FGCU coach Courtney Vernon said.

Police officers in Spartanburg said a woman was arrested after assaulting a woman by throwing food at her at a McDonalds drive through window.

Just over a week away and the Great Craft Beer Festival stop in Anderson, SC on March 22nd just got even better! "The Great American Craft Beer Tour will showcase the new park and the growing number of regional craft beer breweries, like RJ Rockers, Quest, and Thomas Creek.

Our founding editor will be departing the unmitigated clusterf*ck that is Columbia, S.C. very soon taking his family and his burgeoning new media empire with him.

Dear Annie: From a young age, I understood the harmful effects of smoking, because my grandfather died of lung cancer just months before I was born.

Roebuck Sen. Lee Bright, Anderson businessman Richard Cash and Orangeburg attorney Bill Connor were expected Thursday at the Statehouse, but were joined by former Spartanburg police officer Dave Feliciano, who has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission but not raised any money.

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Reacting to a Democrat-led proposal to repeal "stand your ground" in South Carolina, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said it won't happen on his watch.

Steve grew up in Hendersonville and attended East Henderson High School before attending the Gardner-Webb University where he graduated in 1986 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Religion.

She graduated from Titusville High School in Titusville, Fla. in 1980 and from Gardner-Webb University in 1984, Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in English.

A 3-year-old boy who a passenger in a car that was hit by an alleged drunk driver Friday night has died, according to the Richland County Coroner's Office.Coroner Gary Watts said Josiah Caden Jenkins died Bond was denied Tuesday night for the man accused of driving drunk, crashing into a car, and killing the 3-year-old grandnephew of Columbia Fire ... (more)

Critics say one of the proposals would regulate abortion providers out of business.

The assistant superintendent of Spartanburg County School District 4 was arrested in Greenville, accused of public drunkenness, according to district officials.

Today, Sen. Vincent Sheheen released his plan of leadership for women in South Carolina, after recently launching a statewide series of roundtables to discuss the challenges that women and their families face in the Palmetto State.

Seeing a white or yellow reflection could mean a baby has a tumor. Photo courtesy of Children's Medical Center Dallas, Texas Parents love to snap pictures of their children, but it may be more beneficial than just capturing that special moment.