Wade Hampton News

It seems like we've been here before. The eyes of the nation are again focused on controversy in South Carolina.

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Some high schools in South Carolina have brought highly favorable attention to our state for their academic rigor.

A pair of Winthrop University Eagles flew around the course Saturday night to take the overall wins in the 13th annual Greenville Candlelight Charity 5K Run.

Several area high school students were selected for college-sponsored National Merit Scholarships for 2009.

And they're off. Almost. By June 10, Joel and Jessica Koontz, who last appeared on these pages after they through-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2006, will start riding their bikes across the country.

This was Jacob Tuttle's first year teaching in Greenville County, so when he was invited to the Greenville County Science Teachers Association awards ceremony, he thought 'well I'll go and have a little dinner - whatever.' Well that 'whatever' turned into his receiving the Outstanding Science Teacher of the Year award - he may have been the only ...

Residents who live along North State 290 and 101 in Greenville County spoke out with anger and frustration Thursday and sent a plan that would require design standards, such as tree plantings, regulate setbacks, quality of building materials, open space and sidewalks, spinning back where it came from.

State Superintendent of Education Jim Rex said Thursday he would apply for an extension for federal stimulus money if the courts don't settle the dispute between the Legislature and the governor by the July 1 deadline set by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Road work on a 4.5-mile stretch of Wade Hampton Boulevard in Greer and Taylors should be completed by the end of this week, weather permitting, said Tim Callenback, construction engineer with the state Department of Transportation.

The Wade Hampton High School Air Force Junior ROTC program has been named the Outstanding Air Force Junior ROTC Unit in South Carolina for 2009.

Fire crews from the Wade Hampton Fire Department are still dousing hot spots today from a massive fire tha4 engulfed a long-time Upstate auto shop late Thursday night.

About 350 parents, teachers, school administrators and supporters of public education from across South Carolina are expected to gather today in Greenville for a state PTA convention that will focus on improving schools amid a faltering economy.

The prom dress catalogs have been coming since January, filled with colorful taffetas, satins, silks, chiffons and crinoline.

Two longtime Greenville firefighters were remembered by the Wade Hampton Fire & Sewer District in separate ceremonies Sunday afternoon.

State housing officials said an Aynor developer has applied in a joint venture with a Columbia nonprofit organization for tax credits to build a $7.8 million senior citizens' housing project off Wade Hampton Boulevard.

Sonya Ables, a mother of three, is an old hand at squeezing schedules. For more than 20 years, the former Wade Hampton PTA president has made a routine of juggling schedules to accommodate extra-curricular events of three active children.

Police are seeking help in solving four burglaries that occurred early this morning at separate businesses along Wade Hampton Blvd.

An off-duty Taylors Fire Department firefighter was carjacked in the parking lot of a Wal-Mart on Wade Hampton Boulevard in the Taylors area Tuesday night, but he escaped unharmed a short while later when the man jumped out of the car in the Overbrook community on East North Street, authorities said.