Easley News

The downtown Easley landscape is becoming indelibly marked with new businesses and revitalization efforts amidst a handful of empty storefronts and a stressed economy.

" With the City of Easley striving to become a bicycle friendly community, the Easley Police Department wants to thank a local car dealer for their donation of three bikes with accessories to this cause.

In 1909, residents of Easley celebrated the opening of a new high school facility.

Four preliminary winners were announced Thursday night at the Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen Pageant at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

COLUMBIA - South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on Monday signaled a new style in working with lawmakers and vowed to win over a Legislature with which he has repeatedly clashed during each of his two terms as governor.

Three people -- including an 8-year-old boy -- drowned at a home in Easley on Monday, fire department officials said.

EASLEY, S.C. An 8-year-old child and two adults have drowned in a swimming pool at a home in northwestern South Carolina.

JM MoldSouth , a leading regional manufacturer of molds and dies for a wide range of OEMs, has changed its name to JMMS.

A Greenville man used a pack of cigarettes and a victim's own weapon to steal firearms from people who had listed them for sale in classified advertisements, authorities said.

" StairCrafters Inc. was recently recognized internationally as the front page feature in Fabricator Magazine which goes out to people all around the world.

JMMS Inc. is getting ready for the next generation of toolmakers. The company has invested $1.8 million in new equipment during the past 16 months, adopted a new name, made new business contacts within an expanding corner of the auto industry and set up a new leadership team that will take the firm forward.

A weekend fatal shooting at a Seneca medical clinic has been ruled a homicide by the Oconee County coroner.

Eight people were named last week to serve on the board of trustees of Palmetto Health Baptist Easley.

U.S. District Judge G. Ross Anderson Jr. last week ordered Schlumberger Technology Corp.

County authorities say a deputy investigating several burglaries in an Easley neighborhood had no choice but to fire two shots at a dog.

Black bears are coming out of the Upstate's woods and wandering around civilization, sometimes with tragic results, in an annual rite of spring that puts residents in close contact with some of the area's largest wild animals.

Georges Creek Baptist Church in Easley. Starting this Wednesday night , we will be starting a Creek Club for children ages 4 thru 5th grade from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. July 12-16, we will be having Vacation Bible School from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. each night for ages 3 thru fifth grade.

An Easley man was killed when his motorcycle crashed on Sunday night. The crash happened at 801 West Main Street at about 10:45 p.m. Pickens County Coroner Kandy Kelley said that 24-year-old Willie Owens was not wearing a helmet when he crashed his motorcycle.

Risa Sung calls her restaurant's fare "semi-fusion." "I enjoy eating all kind of foods from every country, so sometimes I mix and match," said the owner of Chef's Secret Thai & Sushi Bar in Easley.

Officials have yet to determine the cause of the home fire that claimed the life of a 58-year-old woman Thursday, but they don't think the fire was set.