Greenville County News

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in the investigation of what they are calling a "suspicious" death.

Richland County deputies say they spent seven hours staking out a home after a woman falsely claimed she was being held hostage there.

Public information officer Alia Urps said the teen was arrested and charged with being in possession of a stolen vehicle Saturday afternoon.

Greenville County deputies were called to a home on Crooked Creek Circle in Piedmont on Thursday by a parent of a special-needs child who attends the Meyer Center.

Since the Environment Protection Agency says that Greenville county has the highestA potential for indoor radon compared to other South Carolina counties and radon is theA number one cause of lung cancer among non-smokers, probably most homes in the GreenvilleA area should be built to the Indoor airPLUS standard.

Roper Mountain Science Center, a facility of Greenville County Schools, is pleased to announce that two Dorchester School District Two teachers have been selected to attend the Science P.L.U.S. Institute during the summer of 2012.

A woman who was set on fire and left to die by a man who deputies say broke into her home last December talked exclusively to News 4 about her recovery that has defied the odds.

Seven members of an Upstate, S.C. disabilities board - including a hard-nosed chairwoman who exposed numerous problems at the agency - were illegally booted from their posts this week by members of Greenville County Council.

Horry County police are responding to a residence located off Sea Mountain Highway for a man, who has barricaded himself inside, and is wanted on charges of sexual assault in Greenville County, according to authorities.

GREENWOOD, SC County Council is exploring options to make up a $300,000 shortfall in the budget for the solid waste enterprise fund, which is not supported through tax dollars, but through revenue generated by the department.

Wade Spees/Staff Helen Banach shows the hand-written cardboard sign she puts on her windshield when she searches for her missing sister Gayle McCaffrey.

Authorities say a man wanted for an armed robbery in Greenville County killed himself after leading police on a chase.

All sides of the local justice system presented a united front Monday in support of the county continuing a pilot project in the magistrate's court.

A Hendersonville man has been accused of abandoning several dogs instead of turning them over to authorities who were investigating pet hoarding.

Authorities say a Greenville County deputy has shot and killed a man who refused to put down a knife he was using to hold a woman hostage.

A man who was holding a woman at knife-point and refused to put the weapon down was shot and killed by a deputy Monday afternoon, according to the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.

An Upstate dentist was arrested and accused of threatening to put a bullet in his ex-girlfriend's head and threatening to cut her "like a fish." Greenville County officials confirmed that Stark is a contracted dentist at the Greenville County Detention Center.

In a South Carolina primary season in which dozens of candidates have been disappointed by being tossed off the ballot, two politicians have a chance to win more than one office in a state where simultaneous campaigns are allowed.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Department is investigating a stabbing that took place early Sunday morning at Club La Roka on South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville.

Authorities have charged a Union County man with felony child abuse after his 3-year-old stepdaughter was left in a coma with serious injuries.