Spartanburg News

GREER - When Spartanburg sheriff's deputies arrived at a Greer area mobile home in response to a domestic disturbance call, they discovered swarms of cockroaches scampering across the doors, floors and appliances inside the home, officers wrote in an incident report.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 8:18 p.m. The BMW Group in the U.S. reported Tuesday sales of the two vehicles produced at its Spartanburg County plant -- the X5 and X6 -- had mixed results for the month and year-to-date. Sales of the X5 fell to 2,137 vehicles during the month, down ...

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:23 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:23 p.m. Union County residents will pay $165 less each semester to attend Spartanburg Community College beginning January 2010.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. The State Board of Medical Examiners last week suspended the license of a well-known Spartanburg plastic surgeon.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:08 p.m. Spartanburg police on Tuesday said a 9-year-old girl was injured during a shootout at Barksdale Apartments, 350 S. Pierpont Ave.

Spartanburg City Councilman Junie White was elected as the Sparkle City's next mayor during Tuesday's election.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:48 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:48 p.m. Spartanburg native and financial industry writer Kara Stefan hasn't let being a single parent hamper her professional and personal ambitions.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 12:32 a.m. Parents will begin receiving letters this week regarding H1N1 vaccination clinics at Spartanburg schools.

Published: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 1, 2009 at 10:34 p.m. Spartanburg Public Safety Department Travis Lamont Moore, 23, of 151 West Wood St., Spartanburg, was arrested Sunday and charged with criminal domestic violence of a high and aggravated nature.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 11:05 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 4:22 p.m. About 2,000 prospective college students from area schools are expected to attend the annual Spartanburg County College Fair Tuesday at Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10:05 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 10:05 a.m. A Spartanburg man on Tuesday received a 13-year prison sentence after admitting to manufacturing methamphetamine.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 12:33 a.m. Cowpens Police Department Jeff Wayne McCallister, 57, of 157 Foster St., Cowpens, on Friday was arrested and charged with assault with intent to kill.

Job seekers from several counties attended the annual fall job fair on Thursday at the Spartanburg Expo Center.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 9:48 p.m. Rescue coverage responsibilities handled nearly 50 years by the Westview-Fairforest Fire District will shift to Spartanburg EMS this morning.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:05 p.m. A Spartanburg man received a 15-year sentence after he pleaded guilty to trafficking cocaine.

Shares of Denny's Corp. sank Friday, a day after the restaurant chain posted worst-than-expected sales.

Congratulations to the Middle School Chess Team who placed second in the South Carolina Independent School Association State Chess Tournament held on October 22nd in Orangeburg, SC.

Some of the companies named in the bust included Coach, Nike, Timberland, Gucci, Phat Farm, Louis Vitton, the Motion Picture Association of America and the Major League Baseball Association.

A South Carolina man has been charged with murder in the 2005 death of a man shot five times and killed during a home invasion.

An undercover sting by the Union County Sheriff's Office landed a local businesswoman in jail on gambling and drug charges.