Spartanburg County News

Kathy Libner told a Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputy that she was going through her husband's personal effects when she found what appeared to be two hand grenades in a dresser drawer of the master bedroom of her home at 736 Blackstock Road.

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

A Fayetteville man is facing murder charges in the deaths of a man who was found shot to death and his girlfriend, who was missing for more than a week until her body was found in a wooded area.

At the meeting a budget amount was proposed for fiscal year 2012-13 which actually provides the district with a balanced budget.

The Spartanburg County Candidate Forum was hosted by the local teachers representing all seven school districts in Spartanburg County in preparation for the June 12 primary elections.

A Spartanburg County man filed a police report after he says a note was left on his door Wednesday threatening to shoot and kill a man -- and the note said the sheriff would be OK with the killing.

Juan Carlos Vazquez, 35, of Inman, and Rudis Arnoldo Ventura, 29, of Marietta, Ga., were both sentenced to life in prison without parole for their roles in the Jan.

A South Carolina woman was arrested for child neglect last week after Spartanburg County Sheriff's deputies discovered her naked 2-year-old son asleep in a pile of trash on the floor of her car, WYFF-TV reports .

Sheriff David Taylor wants Union County Council to cut his salary. During his 2008 campaign, Taylor promised that if elected he would ask council to cut his salary by $5,000 and use the money to set up an employee assistance program.

Authorities in Spartanburg County have charged a woman with child neglect after she showed up at a stranger's home with her 2-year-old son sleeping nude in the car's floorboard.

Spartanburg County deputies said that on three different occasions, Nicholas Taylor Carracino impersonated a deputy by showing a badge, having a gun and identifying himself as a Spartanburg County sheriff's officer.

Drug agents in Brunswick County seized more than 3,400 different smoking pipes and bongs from one man last Friday, authorities said.

The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is looking for a 20-year-old woman who has not been seen or heard from since May 2. Anyone with information is asked to call the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office at 503-4500, CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIMESC.

Authorities say the crash happened at around 1:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when a minivan crossed the center line and struck a motorcycle head-on near Chesnee.

Authorities say the crash happened at around 1:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when a minivan crossed the center line and struck a motorcycle head-on near Chesnee.

Spartanburg County deputies say a homeless man has been arrested in the death of a fellow homeless man in woods behind some businesses in Duncan.

More than 1,000 Action News 5 Facebook fans are rallying around a mother who feels Facebook is discriminating against photos she posted on the social media network of her son.

As Spartanburg native Todd Taylor was presented with the Order of the Palmetto, his mother, Nancy, couldn't help but think back to the moment that led him on a path to the state's highest civilian honor.

Authorities in Spartanburg County have charged a woman with child neglect after she showed up at a stranger's home with her 2-year-old son sleeping nude in the car's floorboard.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol said a car driven by Jewell Cote turned in front of Wofford's motorcycle in Spartanburg County on Friday.