Fountain Inn News

A Simpsonville man was arrested Friday in the shootings of two men earlier this week in the Simpsonville area, authorities said.

A series of tips about drug activity led authorities to search the home of a aurens County couple Thursday night where officers found methamphetamines and materials to cook the drug and charged the couple with exposing their two children to the drug.

Two people are injured after a shooting a mobile home park. Deputies said the shooting happened just before 11:30 p.m. Wednesday at the trailer park off of Goldsmith Road between Simpsonville and Fountain Inn.

Barbara Davis hopes to start a trend of new specialty shops opening up on Main Street in Fountain Inn to fill empty storefronts and bring shoppers to the reviving city's downtown.

Against a backdrop of the former Simpsonville Elementary School, which Simpsonville plans to renovate into an arts center, a group of community leaders are building an amphitheater designed to seat 200-300 people that could attract local performers to aid Simpsonville entertainment.

It took Cindy Chesney and her husband, Phillip, several attempts to find the right spot to open their first restaurant, but their search ultimately led them to Weston Street in Fountain Inn, where they revamped a former restaurant building in their style to create the Blue Moon Diner.

Singer-songwriter Edwin McCain will make a daylong appearance Nov. 9 in Fountain Inn, when he'll hit the links at Carolina Springs Golf Club and serenade crowds at the Civic Center for the Performing Arts.

Design work for the next phase of Fountain Inn's heavily used greenway path will soon be complete, thanks to a $1,000 grant from the national Kodak American Greenways Awards Program, said Dan Powell, Greenville County staff planner for Fountain Inn.

The Republican House member representing the Upstate's 4th Distric4 faces a tough re-election figh4 next year as four GOP challengers compete for votes and campaign cash.

The Rev. Robert E. Dennis was remembered Friday as a leader who worked tirelessly to improve the lives of others.

Curry Faye Jarrett, daughter of Kenny and Alecia Jarrett, celebrated her eighth birthday Oct.

The Golden Strip's transportation network could radically transform if the area can secure a nearly $100 million federal stimulus package grant to begin express bus service in the region.

The Fountain Inn Civic Center for Visual and Performing Arts is proud to present the Greenville Concert Band on Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:00 pm.

Low-interest loans for start-up and existing small businesses are coming to Greer, Mauldin, Fountain Inn, Simpsonville, Travelers Rest and commercial corridors in Greenville County through a revolving loan fund.

Jamie Leigh Lancaster , a Hillcrest High graduate from Fountain Inn, was named one of the top two college students in the state among 21 independent colleges and universities by the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities.

Two city council elections in Fountain Inn and one in Simpsonville have been canceled because only one person filed to run in each race and no write-in candidate made known their inten4 to run.

New Beginning Christian Ministries, 102 Fowler Street, Fountain Inn will conduct fall revival services, October 18 - 21, at 7 p.m. nightly.

When people tell it someday in the future, this will be a story about Sterling. How the community came to be and why, and how it prospered, and then, 42 years ago, the school burned.

City leaders picture a meandering, park-like street with wide sidewalks leading to restaurants, cafes and shops along downtown Depot Street.

The election to fill wards 1 and 5 City Council seats in Fountain Inn were canceled by the city Municipal Election Commission because only one candidate filed for each seat.