Travelers Rest News

This story was previously aired on May 9, 2009. It ws updated on Nov. 21. When Brooke Henson went missing from tiny Travelers Rest, S.C. on July 4, 1999, her friends and family clung to the hope that they would see her again.

Even as local design firm Arbor Engineering draws up plans for Fountain Inn to redesign its Main Street with two lanes, wide sidewalks, more greenery and increased parking, the city is exploring its options on how to pay for the multimillion-dollar project.

An Upstate congressman is trying to build support in the House for possible legislation to make the E-Verify program permanent.

By mid-December, a single mom and her two children will be preparing to celebrate their first Christmas in a simple but cozy three-bedroom, two-bathroom house.

Hundreds of anxious parents stood in the rain with their children at Armstrong Elementary School on Tuesday for Greenville County school district's first H1N1 flu clinic.

The two police officers who received the Russ Sorrow and Fallen Officers Memorial Award on Wednesday have jobs that are closely linked to the Internet.

They came wrapped in blankets, toting camp chairs and huddling together under umbrellas, prepared to wait for hours Wednesday in the driving rain to be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus at the Greenville County Health Department.

Drake Thomason, a standout pitcher for Eastside High, signed a national letter of intent today to play next season for the University of South Carolina.

First her hours at the restaurant were cut. In the recession, people stopped eating out.

Greater Greer Chamber of Commerce Schedules Three-day Membership Campaign Hoping to spread the word of its instrumental role in the greater Greer community, the Greer Chamber of Commerce will be spending November 10 through November 12 recruiting and educating local businesses.

T&S Brass and Bronze Works Inc. was already working on a new spray valve design in 2005 when the federal government mandated low-flow rinsers for dish washing in restaurants.

The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the officer-involved shooting of a Travelers Rest man who authorities say was pointing a gun at himself and police.

Travelers Rest police said that they responded to a report of a suicidal man Saturday, but then the man pointed the gun at officers, forcing one of them to take defensive action.

Polls are open today from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., and the election campaigning in the city of Greenville may well drive more people to punch a button than the off-year norm.

A Slater man who authorities say robbed and carjacked a teenaged hiker at Jones Gap State Park on Halloween night was in jail Monday following a manhunt that left him with injuries from a police dog that a year ago nearly died after being stabbed by a fleeing suspect.

Alva Williams of the Travelers Rest Police Department has received the first ever S.C. Criminal Justice Academy Courage Award.

Overweight Family Raises Issue: If You and Your Kids Are Obese, Is It Neglect? A severely obese family in Dundee, Scotland, whose newborn child was briefly taken from them by child protective services while the mother was still recovering in the hospital, is now gaining international attention over the issue of whether childhood obesity can be a ...

Boeing's announcement Wednesday might change the impeachment mood of some in South Carolina's House of Representatives, some lawmakers said Wednesday.

TRAVELERS REST - Residents here will decide Tuesday who will be their mayor for the next four years.

As a current council member and candidate for mayor of the city of Travelers Rest, I feel compelled to comment on the op-ed in the Oct.