Spartanburg County News

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:09 a.m. Valor and bravery shown in war, risking one's own life 'above and beyond the call of duty,' that's what distinguishes Medal of Honor recipients from their comrades.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:44 a.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Louis Alberto Hernandez Ruiz, 27, of 8864 Wrengate St.

Deputies with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office are searching for a man they said cut his girlfriend in the neck, slashed her tires and ran off.

When Spartanburg Sheriff's deputies arrived at a Greer mobile home in response to a domestic disturbance call, they discovered swarms of cockroaches that scampered across the doors, floors and appliances inside the home, deputies wrote in an incident report.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Jeffrey Leon Booker, 26, and Amy Amanda Coleman, 27, both of 712 Moore St.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:08 p.m. Notorise Goodman, 22, and Tyrez Alonzo Jeter, 21, on Tuesday were each charged with armed robbery, first-degree burglary and two counts of kidnapping.

A teenager is dead after she was struck by a truck on Highway 357 in Spartanburg County.

Highway patrol said a pickup truck hit and killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. A Spartanburg man received a 15-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:33 a.m. Cowpens Police Department Jeff Wayne McCallister, 57, of 157 Foster St., Cowpens, on Friday was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:09 a.m. Greer Police Department David Randall Johnson, 30, of 529 McNeely Circle in Greer on Thursday was arrested and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.

Brandy and Aric Drummond are suspects in the death of her son, according to Spartanburg County deputies.

A $750 million Boeing 787 assembly plant is expected to bring thousands of badly needed jobs to South Carolina's ailing economy and, officials hope, a closer look at the state by other industrial prospects.

A solicitor and an assistant solicitor have received death threats in the mail, according to the Spartanburg County Sheriffa TMs Office.

A crucial $1 million loan to Spartanburg County that would help clean up the 24.2-acre former Victor Mill site is virtually assured, according to officials.

A woman admitted to police that she put a pillow over her infant son's face and left it there for several hours without checking on the baby.

A man who was shot by a Spartanburg County deputy after an altercation has died in the hospital, according to the sheriffa TMs office.

A South Carolina man has died a day after he was shot by a police officer. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger says 45-year-old Steven M. Satterfield Jr.

Deputies said that a Spartanburg County deputy shot and injured a man early Wednesday afternoon.

A Greenville woman was killed today in what Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies are investigating as a drive-by shooting.