Spartanburg News

As a young boy in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Nick Belmont watched as his grandmother Dot whipped up her buttery toffee, a holiday gift for friends, family, and her husband's colleagues in the state senate.

State officials have approved a plan by the Spartanburg sewer district to remove hazardous chemicals from water and sludge deposits by January.

The Herald-Journal of Spartanburg reported that Coroner William Holcombe said he needs more information before he can determine how 34-year-old Robert Franklin Gregory of Union died.

The fight occurred at about 10.30pm after two of the three women who lived at the Spartanburg, SC, home decorated the tree while the third one was at work.

HHHunt Corp. -- the general partner of Auston Park at Columbia, owners of the 17-acre tract at the intersection with Fernandina Road -- was notified late Monday that the project is not moving forward.

Frances Scott Davis was the first born child and only daughter to the parents of Enos and Emma Scott on October 12, 1917.

Another historic West End home could be demolished to make room for an assisted-living center that the developer said will fill a growing need.

Some economists and Gov. Nikki Haley agree that the state's job picture is brightening, and Haley wants the Legislature to help by cutting or eliminating the state's income tax.

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.

South Carolina's prison population has dropped 2.8 percent this year, saving taxpayers $5.2 million.

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.

Having previously created furniture pieces from salvaged materials ranging from plastic bottle caps to clothing tags, Benjamin Rollins Caldwell's latest collection should get any tech geek drooling.

Thursday's release of "An Action Plan for Strengthening Workforce Development" in Spartanburg only serves to reinforce the mission of the largest technical college in the state.

A At 63, Stephen Thies spent most of his career as an engineer working for others.

THE UPSTATE BABY-WEARING GROUP meets monthly in Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson and Anderson.

For information, call 888-828-3555 or visit www.heartfeltcalling.org. THE READING CIRCLE, a book club focusing on adoption and sponsored by SC DSS Region I Adoption, meets monthly at DELTA in Simpsonville.

Lander's Tarryn Angermeier, a sophomore from Spartanburg, S.C., became the third player in the 16-year history of the Lander volleyball program to be named to the AVCA All-Southeast Region team it was announced late Thursday.

A manufacturer of powder coatings will invest $3.7 million to double the size of its existing operations in Spartanburg County.

THE SPARTANBURG COUNTY CORONER SAID AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A PEDESTRIAN WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON AN UPSTATE HIGHWAY IN LYMAN.

Union County High School Principal Floyd Lyles displays one side of a bird house, painted only with foundation.