Travelers Rest News

TRAVELERS REST - Residents here wanted close access to fresh, healthy foods as well as a mechanism to support local farmers.

One step through the 10-foot-wide front door of The Cafe at Williams Hardware in Travelers Rest tells a visitor that it is a building with a new mission but a long history.

The Greenville County Library System and Upstate Forever have coordinated a schedule of events to complement the library system's reading list for its adult summer reading program.

Aiming high is nothing new for 16-year-old Karina Waggoner, the reigning Miss Simpsonville Teen.

The number with the worst rap may be 666, but 555 turned out to be the real " Number of the Beast " for one mother who was arrested last week on charges of neglect when authorities found out that 555 pounds was how much her obese 14-year-old son weighed.

In the wake of reports that the mother of a 14-year-old, 555-pound Travelers Rest boy was jailed and charged with felony neglect, PETA will erect a billboard in Greenville showing a pudgy-faced kid who is about to scarf down a hamburger next to the tagline "Feeding Kids Meat Is Child Abuse.

The mother of a 555-pound, 14-year-old boy in South Carolina was charged with neglect last week for allegedly failing to control her son's weight .

Some local political leaders said Gov. Mark Sanford should resign because he can no longer be effective following his tearful confession on live television of an extramarital affair.

Minutes after the press conference ended Wednesday at which Gov. Mark Sanford confessed to an affair, constituents of Sen.

Rise Myers was a mother on a mission - and she still is. When her autistic son Marc was diagnosed with celiac disease two years ago, Myers had a crash course in what he could and couldn't eat and then took it upon herself to come up with some foods he would enjoy.

Greenville County deputies have arrested two people, after a methamphetamine lab bust in Travelers Rest.

Three people, including two Greenville County sheriff's deputies, were taken to a hospital Monday after a Toyota sedan collided with a patrol car in Travelers Rest, authorities said.

Greenville's Paris Mountain continues to add to its series of grueling races. The latest, the inaugural XTERRA Paris Mountain 15K Trail Run, was contested May 30.

Greenville, SC - The Greenville County Library System is proud to launch our first adult summer reading program.

When the local middle school needed a defibrillator, George Coleman Ford in Travelers Rest made sure it got one.

TRAVELERS REST, S.C. The Greenville, S.C., Organic Foods Organization is offering a hands-on one-day experience 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at The Cliffs Organic Farm, off U.S. 25 in Marietta, a half-hour north of Greenville.

The mother of a 555-pound teen who authorities said fled the Upstate with her son in May has been extradited from Baltimore to Greenville, authorities said.

STATE FARM AGENT STEVE BORKLUND, ChFC, CLU NAMED TO CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE This prestigious award goes to the company's top producing agents May 7, 2009 - For the fifth and third consecutive year Travelers Rest State Farm Agent, Steve Borklund has received the company's prestigious Chairman's Circle award.

Alex Draper, 14, of Travelers Rest, S.C. is seen in an undated family photo provided by the Greenville County Sheriff's office.

Greenville County deputies said that the friend of a Travelers Rest woman turned her in when she talked about trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband.