Greenville County News

Phillip Bowers said he believes a fox that lunged at him this morning outside his Marietta home was rabid, though he says he managed to shoot the fox in midair just before it reached him.

The discovery of a patch of Cogongrass in Greer has plant experts on the alert, and adds Greenville County to the list of areas where the aggressive weed has been spotted in the state.

Greenville Tech's new president wants to make the school "the first global technical college," he told community leaders Thursday.

A Greenville County man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of one man and the wounding of his brother.

Fire crews are at the scene of a structure fire at 402 Anchor Road in Greenville County near the Pickens County line.

A fire today that destroyed the Greenville home of a woman and two children has triggered the area's fourth arson investigation in three months, said Parker Fire Chief Richard Jones.

The cause of what led to the death of a Greenville man found dead outside a church Sunday morning hasn't been determined, but authorities they don't suspect foul play.

A controversial cell phone tower issue comes before the Greenville County Board of Zoning Appeals for a hearing at 3 p.m. today.

TRAVELERS REST -- Travelers Rest city leaders still want to purchase the former Travelers Rest High School property after their initial offer to the Greenville County Schools was rejected.

An investigation is underway to determine what lead up to the death of a 44-year-old Simpsonville woman who authorities said jumped from an 17-story office building in Greenville's downtown business district.

The state Department of Health and Environmental Control Board today upheld the agency's decision to permit developer Jim Anthony to build a controversial golf course around the North Saluda River in the ...

Some speakers pleaded for intergovernmental cooperation to assure recreation facilities into the future, and others decried potential loss of city recreation department autonomy and higher taxes at a public ...

Greer City Council responded warily to news of a potential merger between the Greenville County Recreation District and the county, while City Administrator Ed Driggers said the district is working with cities ...

A Taylors man was taken to a hospital after being burned in an apartment fire Sunday afternoon.

A Greenville County sheriff's deputy who released a dog that bit another deputy during an arrest last month has been fired, according to a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.

A man with a rifle tried to rob a Greenville store today but left empty-handed after the clerk refused to give any money to him, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

Property taxpayers and local government leaders are struggling to decipher a fair way to divide the costs of building and running the places where folks play -- parks and recreation facilities.

An inmate who escaped from a Columbia prison earlier this week will be back behind bars Sunday evening.

When textile magnate J.E. Sirrine died in 1947, he left a portion of his estate to fund an endowment that would provide scholarships for "deserving students of Greenville City High Schools," according to ...

Earlier in the year, when Gateway House thought it was going to receive more state funding than normal, Margaret McGee said the agency was looking at hiring a development director to help with fundraising.