Spartanburg County News

Some of the firefighters who responded to the blaze at Martex Fiber in Croft pause while working the fire early Tuesday morning.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. A registered nurse has been charged with two counts of theft of controlled substances and is no longer employed at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.

Authorities are investigating the shooting death of a 30-year-old South Carolina hunter.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said a hunter was found dead with a gunshot wound near a home on Coggins Road in Woodruff Tuesday night.

Since Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away, we know it's nearing the time for the 2009 Christmas parades in our hometowns.

A Spartanburg County man received a life prison sentence Friday after a jury determined that he robbed and assaulted a local woman.

Tiffany Kelley, the daughter of Joy Mack, talks with Spartanburg County Sheriff's officers, including investigator Richie Foster, center, and Sgt.

Published: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:06 p.m. A new study ranks Spartanburg County as the most dangerous of the state's metro communities for pedestrians.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 12:56 a.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office John C. Nash III, 17, of 413 Cottonwood Drive, Una, was arrested Sunday and charged as an adult with having sex with a 13-year-old girl who lives across the street from him.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 1:09 a.m. Valor and bravery shown in war, risking one's own life 'above and beyond the call of duty,' that's what distinguishes Medal of Honor recipients from their comrades.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 12:44 a.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Louis Alberto Hernandez Ruiz, 27, of 8864 Wrengate St.

Deputies with the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office are searching for a man they said cut his girlfriend in the neck, slashed her tires and ran off.

When Spartanburg Sheriff's deputies arrived at a Greer mobile home in response to a domestic disturbance call, they discovered swarms of cockroaches that scampered across the doors, floors and appliances inside the home, deputies wrote in an incident report.

Published: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 10:00 p.m. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office Jeffrey Leon Booker, 26, and Amy Amanda Coleman, 27, both of 712 Moore St.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 10:08 p.m. Notorise Goodman, 22, and Tyrez Alonzo Jeter, 21, on Tuesday were each charged with armed robbery, first-degree burglary and two counts of kidnapping.

A teenager is dead after she was struck by a truck on Highway 357 in Spartanburg County.

Highway patrol said a pickup truck hit and killed a pedestrian early Sunday 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.

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.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 12:09 a.m. Greer Police Department David Randall Johnson, 30, of 529 McNeely Circle in Greer on Thursday was arrested and charged with assault and battery with intent to kill.