Travelers Rest News

Conestee Nature Park takes a big step forward Thursday with the official opening of a new, 215-foot pedestrian bridge over the Reedy River.

With recent donations totaling $1,134.70, the Holiday Sunshine Fund has raised $8,528.70 this year to help the needy across the Upstate.

Whether Gov. Mark Sanford misused state resources in his affair with an Argentine woman, the initial reaction of lawmakers in the days after Sanford publicly confessed may become the pivot on which the governor's potential impeachment swings.

When Clarissa Williams and her family became the feature family for the 2008 United Way of Greenville County campaign, they had only just begun a journey that would eventually take them from homelessness to homeownership.

Published: Thursday, November 26, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at 1:50 p.m. Lois Wich celebrated her 100th birthday on Tuesday, Nov.

The effort to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford may be gaining momentum with state Ethics Commission charges that the governor violated ethics laws 37 times by using his office for personal financial gain - new strength as legislators gather today for the state's first gubernatorial impeachment hearing in 100 years.

This story was previously aired on May 9, 2009. It ws updated on Nov. 21. When Brooke Henson went missing from tiny Travelers Rest, S.C. on July 4, 1999, her friends and family clung to the hope that they would see her again.

Even as local design firm Arbor Engineering draws up plans for Fountain Inn to redesign its Main Street with two lanes, wide sidewalks, more greenery and increased parking, the city is exploring its options on how to pay for the multimillion-dollar project.

An Upstate congressman is trying to build support in the House for possible legislation to make the E-Verify program permanent.

By mid-December, a single mom and her two children will be preparing to celebrate their first Christmas in a simple but cozy three-bedroom, two-bathroom house.

Hundreds of anxious parents stood in the rain with their children at Armstrong Elementary School on Tuesday for Greenville County school district's first H1N1 flu clinic.

The two police officers who received the Russ Sorrow and Fallen Officers Memorial Award on Wednesday have jobs that are closely linked to the Internet.

They came wrapped in blankets, toting camp chairs and huddling together under umbrellas, prepared to wait for hours Wednesday in the driving rain to be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus at the Greenville County Health Department.

Drake Thomason, a standout pitcher for Eastside High, signed a national letter of intent today to play next season for the University of South Carolina.

First her hours at the restaurant were cut. In the recession, people stopped eating out.

Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce Schedules Three-day Membership Campaign Hoping to spread the word of its instrumental role in the greater Greer community, the Greer Chamber of Commerce will be spending November 10 through November 12 recruiting and educating local businesses.

T&S Brass and Bronze Works Inc. was already working on a new spray valve design in 2005 when the federal government mandated low-flow rinsers for dish washing in restaurants.

The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the officer-involved shooting of a Travelers Rest man who authorities say was pointing a gun at himself and police.

Travelers Rest police said that they responded to a report of a suicidal man Saturday, but then the man pointed the gun at officers, forcing one of them to take defensive action.

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., and the election campaigning in the city of Greenville may well drive more people to punch a button than the off-year norm.