Gray Court News

A man was killed in a fire at a home in Gray Court on Sunday morning, firefighters said.

A South Carolina man has died after a fire at his mobile home. The Greenville News reported the fire was reported about 4 a.m. Sunday in Gray Court.

A South Carolina man has died after a fire at his mobile home. The Greenville News reported the fire was reported about 4 a.m. Sunday in Gray Court.

A Gray Court man died Sunday in a fire at his mobile home, Laurens County Coroner Nick Nichols said.

Miss South Carolina Kelly Annette Sloan of Gray Court and Hartsville's Miss Hartsville 2009 is competing in the 89th Miss America Pageant this week in Las Vegas.

Bumky Wood looked out the front door of his pharmacy in Gray Court at the flood of vehicles passing through what he called the 'out-of-the-way' town.

In the midst of a record-breaking year for land protection, Upstate Forever has announced another property has been secured with a conservation agreement.

A 15-mile stretch of I-385 starting at Clinton is expected to be closed through August for construction.

In a Jan. 4 story about the closure of northbound lanes on a highway between Interstate 26 to around Gray Court, The Associated Press reported erroneously that lanes are closed on Interstate 85.

Take the long way through Spartanburg, trading faster interstate speed for distance? Or dare to decipher the web of rural back roads winding up and down and over and back again through unfamiliar communities? These questions were abstract before Monday - before the white concrete barriers not yet stained by the rigors of the road turned thousands ...

The unprecedented closure of a South Carolina interstate has begun this morning as vehicles looking to travel north into Greenville on Interstate 385 must find another way to get here.

The main route from the Midlands into the Upstate will be temporarily unavailable for months as repairs are made on the aging highway.

The eight-month shutdown of Interstate 385 - and the ripple effects that could cost businesses millions and snarl alternate routes - caught flat-footed even the Upstate Caucus of legislators created nine months ago to fight for regional economic causes.

An interstate shutdown and detour that has been the source of much controversy begins Monday.

The unprecedented closure next week of Interstate 385 is likely to further dent traffic on the Southern Connector toll road just as the troubled highway flirts with default on a bond payment next month.

The state's first interstate closure - a looming shock for thousands - begins in about two weeks as lawmakers and highway commissioners say they're helpless to fix a flawed decision because they weren't notified of the massive ripple effects until far too late.

Like it or not, a stretch of Interstate 385 is going to be shutdown for several months.

The state highway commission's decision to close part of Interstate 385 to northbound traffic for at least eight months underscores Greenville's waning clout in Columbia and the influence of Charleston officials on an unprecedented project with Upstate economic implications, current and former state officials said.

A car that swerved to avoid a ladder lying on Interstate 385 struck a Gray Court man as he stood on the side of road while waiting for a wrecker to tow his car, troopers said.

Tuesday night, SCDOT officials will hold a meeting to discuss repairs for a stretch of I-385. The meeting will be held Tuesday at 5:00 pm at the Laurens YMCA on Anderson Road.