Startex News

Water customers of the Greer Commission of Public Works have been asked to reduce their water use by 15 percent.

A Startex man died from injuries suffered in a single-car collision in Greer at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Brittany Smith is a resident of Startex, S.C. She loves cooking and traveling. Her favorite destination so far has been Italy, and she plans to one day travel to Great Britain.

Tim Henson believes that all children, no matter how young, should have a voice in their schools.

“I would expect this to continue to be a high growth area”

Requests to annex eight properties into Greer would bring sewer service to a proposed shopping center at South State 101 and Reidville Road and would make it possible for the center to be annexed by the city. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“I would think with sewer available it would be a natural for this area to develop.”

Right now, it's an intersection in the country with vacant land on all four corners, but within two years, South State 101 and Reidville Road could be the home of a new shopping center. via GreenvilleOnline.com

“In 2003, we were visiting villages where there were a lot of poor people”

Fred and Madeleine Van Klingeren stand with the inventory of a bridal shop that has been donated for their mission work in Romania. via HendersonvilleNews.com

“My main concern is whether political considerations trumped public safety.”

The Reidville Fire Department didn't ask the Greer Fire Department to help fight Wednesday's blaze at Abner Creek Baptist Church, but would have called Greer as secondary backup if needed, fire officials said ... via Tribune-Times

“We had those two locations in a very close proximity of each other with sort of a low amount of cases. It was just a business decision that we could be better managed that way”

GREER -- City officials are upset by a "business decision" to relocate social services offered to Greer's residents on the city's side of Spartanburg County to a Lyman facility. via GreenvilleOnline.com