Greenwood County News

Lt. Jarvis Reeder, who is currently commander of the Greenwood County Sheriff's Office's drug enforcement unit, will take the reins as the department's captain of investigations next month, Davis said.

Circuit Court Judge Eugene Griffith Jr. presided over both hearings Thursday afternoon at the Greenwood County Courthouse and deliberated overnight before making his decision, electing not to set a bond for either man.

Emergency crews from a host of agencies responded to Cothran's Bridge on Highway 221 after former Clemson tailback Harold Goggins flipped his car into Lake Greenwood Friday afternoon.

Staff Reports Two Greenwood men were arrested Thursday afternoon and face gun and possession charges following reports of a burglary.

Staff Reports Officers arrested a Mill Pond woman after finding a vehicle engulfed in flames at a Greenwood apartment complex Thursday morning.

Staff Reports Two people were arrested Thursday after Greenwood County narcotics investigators discovered a meth lab at the Greenwood Motel.

A tower attempts to flip an overturned Ford Mustang back over after an crash on Grace Street near the intersection of Laurel Avenue early Wednesday morning.

Staff Reports A Mathews Mill Village woman and a Grendel Mill Village man became the second and third suspects arrested this week following reports copper was stolen from an Abbeville plant.

Franklin Donald Briggs, 53, of 208 Bond Avenue, Greenwood, SC, husband of Jacqulan "Jackie" Rose Hastings Briggs, died Saturday, May 18, 2013.

The two new trucks will cost $595,172 and will be purchased from Spartanburg-based Spartan Fire and Emergency Apparatus.

Greenwood County Sheriff's Office arrested Christopher T. Roberts, of North Hospital Street, Greenwood, and charged him with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamines and driving without a valid license.

This solemn ceremony will recognize those veterans from Greenwood County who have died during the past year.

Staff Reports Two Greenwood men were arrested during the weekend following an attempted break-in at an abandoned Hodges residence during which the victim's car was damaged.

Emergency workers search for the body of a man that drowned in a pond off of Phoenix Road Saturday night.

Marty Vaughn, 32, of 108 Vaughn Drive, Belton, was charged with unlawful transportation of nonferrous metals and two counts of injury to real property, fixtures or improvements to obtain nonferrous metals, damage of $5,000 or less in connection with the incidents.

A dive team was called in response to an apparent drowning Saturday night at 420 Phoenix Road in Greenwood.

Greenwood County fire coordinator Joe Kennedy talks about the 2014 fiscal year fire operations fund budget during this week's County Council administration and finance meeting.

NINETY SIX Paul Cobb and Sam Corley, the two incumbent candidates for the District 52 Board of Trustees, were re-elected Tuesday night, according to unofficial results from the Greenwood County Office of Elections and Voter Registration.

A Greenwood man will spend the next seven years behind bars after being found guilty of obstruction of justice by a Greenwood County jury on Wednesday afternoon.

A second man police say was involved in the theft of some 30 spans of Duke Energy power lines on Wednesday was arrested Thursday following a traffic stop.