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Authorities say a service technician for a heating and air company appears to have been electrocuted while working. Spartanburg County Coroner Rusty Clevenger said 35-year-old Andrew Middlebrough of Greenville was found dead Friday afternoon at a manufacturing plant in Spartanburg. Clevenger said...

An effort is underway to erect a statue honoring the service of former South Carolina governor Richard “Dick” Riley at a Greenville park. “The city contacted us and indicated the city would love to see Dick Riley’s life’s work memorialized in the city center as part of its Art in Public Places in...

The director of an Upstate center for those with disabilities and special needs said a bus driver has been fired after an incident last week. The director of the Burton Center in Greenwood says, individuals who participate in activity programs are picked up from their homes. On July 3, a bus driver...

The South Carolina Highway Patrol says a sheriff's deputy suffered only minor injuries in a wreck along Interstate 85. News outlets reported the wreck happened around 12:15 p.m. Monday between Townville and Fair Play not far from the South Carolina-Georgia state line. Troopers say an Anderson...

Thursday evening, Greenville County Schools District unveiled their plans for a new Fountain Inn High School. The open house was at the Yonce Center in downtown Fountain Inn. The new high school will become the 15th high school in the largest school district in the state. It's also the first new...

Investigators believe the man found dead behind the wall of a shed at a York County flea market had gotten trapped trying to break in. The body of 33-year-old William Powers was found Wednesday between the shed's interior and outer walls. The grim discovery was prompted by complaints of a foul odor...

The J. F. Floyd Mortuary says a joint visitation for the three Spartanburg County businessmen who died Tuesday afternoon in the crash of their twin-engined plane on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas is scheduled Sunday from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Spartanburg Marriott Hotel on North Church...

Anderson Police have a man in custody after a chase that damaged several vehicles. The intial call was about a stolen vehicle, which officers located and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver failed to stop. The ensuing chase involved seperate crashes of the suspects car, two patrol vehicles and...