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Two robbers brandishing shotguns invaded an apartment on Broadway Drive early Thursday in Greenville and stole wallets from two men and shot one of them, authorities said.

BB&T Insurance Services, the nation's sixth largest insurance broker, today said it plans to expand its coastal South Carolina operation with the acquisition of the Grand Strand's largest insurance agency.

There are two essential components to an aquatic landscaping project -- the water, of course, and then the sound that emanates from it.

Johnson County authorities have issued an endangered missing child alert for 7-year-old Jordan Morey.

On March 4, 1991, Joseph Odis Gorum removed a loaded pistol from the trunk of his car.

His father is a doctor, which made many expect P.J. Schwartz to go into medicine.

GREENEVILLE, Tenn -- A former Greene County man who is a suspect in a South Carolina murder remains at large.

A new report says the drought meant fewer swimming advisories posted for South Carolina's ocean beaches last year.

A Greenville party promoter was found shot to death Monday in an SUV in downtown Spartanburg, and a Greenville man was charged in his death, authorities said.

Although it took Charter long enough to muster the will to add five new high-def stations to the lineup in Asheville, North Carolina, it seems that said market won't be the only one getting gifted.

Led by Simpsonville, cities in the Golden Strip are rapidly adding residents, according to the latest U.S. Census numbers, but officials say the statistics don't tell the whole story.

A 21-year old Simpsonville man is in jail today after he snatched a purse from a Greenville woman while she pushed her shopping cart in the parking lot of the Woodruff Road Wal-Mart Thursday morning.

A Tennessee man who remains at large has been charged in the fatal shooting of a father of three at his Taylors home, authorities said.

An S.C. trooper caught on tape using his patrol car to ram a fleeing suspect will stand trial this fall on federal civil rights charges.

A Greenville man has been arrested after his mother, who suffers from Alzheimer's, was found malnourished and suffering from sores that contained fly larvae, according to a warrant.

A tentative trial date has been set for a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper whose dash camera recorded his car striking a fleeing suspect.

Greenville, SC-? Members of the Southern Conference media agreed with the league's coaches in voting Appalachian State as the favorite to win the 2008 Southern Conference football crown, it was announced ...

Minimum-wage workers, now paid $5.85 an hour, will find an additional 70 cents an hour in their paychecks as of today.

A 14-year-old upstate South Carolina boy charged with raping and murdering an 8-year-old girl, will be tried as an adult Thursday, Jul 24, 2008 - 12:14 PM Photo Video A 14-year-old upstate South Carolina boy ...

A 44-year-old Greenville man was convicted in federal court on Thursday for conspiracy to murder an FBI agent.

A man was shot and killed on his porch in Greenville County Wednesday night. Deputies said the shooting happened just before 9 p.m. on Boling Road.

The building where a Greenville businessman was shot to death more than a year ago was demolished on Wednesday.

GREER -- Don't impose county recreation taxes on Greer without a plan, without a public debate, and without City Council's approval.

Greenville police said a man was shot multiple times on Wednesday. The shooting happened near Traction Street and Easley Bridge Road at about 6:20 p.m. The victim was in his 20s, police said.

Crews continue to clean up after strong storms knocked down trees and cut power to thousand of people in South Carolina.

A car is on fire in Rutherford Street near Stone Avenue in downtown Greenville. A fire team has arrived.

A Simpsonville man has been indicted in what prosecutors charge was his part in an alleged scheme to bilk more than $4 million from a water sports equipment company with distribution centers in Easley and ...

For 17 months, Obner Lopez has been in jail awaiting a jury trial. A jury was scheduled to hear Lopez's case earlier this month, but the trial to determine whether Lopez is guilty of child molestation charges ...

Almost 30 minutes before the sun was due to rise that summer morning in 2004, Leonard Rivers peddled west on Poinsett Highway to his job.

Greenville County deputies said two people were shot Wednesday afternoon. The shooting happened on Golden Pine Court in Moonville.

A Greenville man charged in a shooting told police that his sister had been in an argument with the victim before gunshots rang out, leaving one man in critical condition at an area hospital, according to an ...

A top official of the Miss South Carolina pageant has been charged with 'sexual battery' involving a young girl in an Easley hotel three years ago.

A fire today that destroyed the Greenville home of a woman and two children has triggered the area's fourth arson investigation in three months, said Parker Fire Chief Richard Jones.

A Gaffney man was arrested after an Internet sting in which police said he was caught on a Webcam sexually interacting with an officer who he thought was a 13-year-old girl.

COLUMBIA -- A former state trooper who resigned two years ago after he was accused of kicking a subdued dump truck driver in the head following a high-speed chase on Interstate 95 was indicted by a federal ...

Greenville Tech's new president wants to make the school "the first global technical college," he told community leaders Thursday.

A Greenville County man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of one man and the wounding of his brother.

A South Carolina tourism employee has resigned in the wake of outrage over an advertising effort to attract gay tourists to the state.

The Department of Natural Resources is considering mandatory water restrictions for parts of South Carolina.

The NAACP has targeted South Carolina's film industry as an economic pressure point to force the removal of the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, but a top legislative leader said Tuesday the 2000 ...

Most days, Jim Howard actually likes the commute from home to work. He steps out the back door, takes about four steps across a paved back patio, and about five more to the door of the room he added to his ...

Average gasoline prices in the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson metropolitan area increased over the weekend, rising more than a penny a gallon overnight, according to AAA.

The Greater Greenville Chamber of Commerce will hold an open house for its members and the public to see its renovated offices in conjunction with a book signing Wednesday, July 16 at the Chamber, 24 Cleveland ...

A South Carolina startup company has found big business in helping local governments save money by streamlining trash pickup using global positioning technology.

The master plan for downtown Greenville being unveiled today calling for five corners or distinctive satellite areas surrounding Main Street would redevelop each and give them distinctive identities.

The cause of what led to the death of a Greenville man found dead outside a church Sunday morning hasn't been determined, but authorities they don't suspect foul play.

Only the four brick walls of a church were left standing after fire ripped through the building on Monday.

Police are looking for two armed robbers who they say targeted residents of a Greenville neighborhood on Monday night.

Residents rate Greenville's quality of life as "very high" or "high," but they aren't as positive about its public transportation and environment, a survey released Friday said.

Bond was set this morning for Amanda Raegan Smith who is charged with murder in the death of her 7-year-old son, Devon Epps, last August.

A woman was found dead today next to Greenville's second tallest buildings, triggering an investigation into what happened, said Sgt.

An investigation is underway to determine what lead up to the death of a 44-year-old Simpsonville woman who authorities said jumped from an 17-story office building in Greenville's downtown business district.

South Carolina's state tourism agency has dropped out of an effort to attract gay tourists.

Several lanes of a busy Greenville road were closed Thursday, as authorities cleaned up a chemical spill.

Police said a portion of Pleasantburg Drive was shut down on Thursday morning because of a chemical spill.

Some speakers pleaded for intergovernmental cooperation to assure recreation facilities into the future, and others decried potential loss of city recreation department autonomy and higher taxes at a public ...

A woman found dead Thursday appears to have fallen from the top of downtown Greenville's second tallest building in what may be a suicide, said Greenville police Sgt.

Recent rains have only slightly eased drought conditions covering the Carolinas and Georgia.

An accident on North Pleasantburg Road has closed all but one lane between Interstate 385 and Laurens Road.

Most likely, you haven't had the opportunity to try green tea ice cream with fudge brownie mixed in while sipping coffee, surfing the Internet and relaxing in a cool, trendy environment.

A pending land swap -- part of a proposed $4 million renovation of the old municipal stadium into a Little League park -- would place key pieces of property in the ballpark's hands and in the hands of the Lake ...

A Greenville County sheriff's deputy who released a dog that bit another deputy during an arrest last month has been fired, according to a spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.

A man with a rifle tried to rob a Greenville store today but left empty-handed after the clerk refused to give any money to him, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

Amanda Raegan Smith remained in jail Monday after bond was set at $250,000. Smith was arrested last November.

Property taxpayers and local government leaders are struggling to decipher a fair way to divide the costs of building and running the places where folks play -- parks and recreation facilities.

Jonathan Blalock says he was watching television today when a neighbor burst into his Taylors apartment with some dreadful news.

A Taylors man was taken to a hospital after being burned in an apartment fire Sunday afternoon.

When textile magnate J.E. Sirrine died in 1947, he left a portion of his estate to fund an endowment that would provide scholarships for "deserving students of Greenville City High Schools," according to ...

By the time police caught up with Guillermo Raya-Mendoza last April, the 22-year-old Mexican had been involved in two Myrtle Beach-area wrecks in a car stolen from a Greenville family.

The Greenville County School District has hired a new deputy superintendent of schools to fill the position vacated by Lonnie Luce a year ago.

Honda Gold Wing riders are trying to break the Guinness world record for largest motorcycle parade as they make their way along an eight-mile course through the streets of Greenville.

Two years ago this week, Marty Ward's father, Maurice, suffered a fatal heart attack at Greenville-Pickens Speedway.

It used to be that a good, sturdy fluorescent tube was all you needed to light your kitchen.

As many as 100,000 people and more than 100 police officers will swamp Greenville's urban core this week for an Independence Day bash that coincides with a rally of more than 10,000 Honda motorcycle riders and ...

When Alison, 29, and Tim Lowry, 24, were discussing the idea of buying a Vespa, neither one of them foresaw what would soon develop from just a simple desire for some gas pump relief.

A 14-year-old boy was charged Wednesday with murder, kidnapping and first-degree criminal sexual conduct in the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found in a closet inside an abandoned home.

Girl Killed SC teen faces charges in girl's death, assault Eds: APNewsNow. GREENVILLE, S.C. Authorities in South Carolina say they've charged a 14-year-old in the death and sexual assault of an 8-year-old ...

Natural Resources Department officials think lightning sparked a fourth fire in a week in the Jocassee Gorges area in northwestern South Carolina.

Dr. Mark Becker of the University of South Carolina and Dr. Tom Kazee of Furman University have been appointed chairman and vice chairman, respectively of the University Center of Greenville, according to an ...

Pam Davis found herself on a familiar subject when she decided to leave south Florida in December 2006.

The girl was identified as Dymia Janae Woody, according to Greenville County deputy coroner Karie Cain.

The man accused of killing Clemson student Tiffany Souers is also accused of crafting a knife out of a broken radio so he could injure detention center officers.

Investigators in Laurens County were still working on Thursday to see if a man's body found on Wednesday is tied to an armed robbery in downtown Greenville two months ago.

A murder trial has been postponed for a Greenville man who claims to have multiple personalities and is accused of putting his 14-month-old son in a crib then setting a fire in the room that killed the child ...