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Taliyah Thomas Named NFCA All-Region for Second Straight Season Sports

Taliyah Thomas Named NFCA All-Region for Second Straight Season

USC Upstate outfielder Taliyah Thomas has been named to the NFCA All-Region Third Team for the second consecutive season, the National Fastpitch Coaches Association announced ahead of the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional. The back-to-back selection cements Thomas's standing as one of the most accomplished offensive players in the Big South Conference…

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Hub City Spartanburgers Set Franchise Run Record in 19-12 Series Finale Win Sports

Hub City Spartanburgers Set Franchise Run Record in 19-12 Series Finale Win

The Hub City Spartanburgers rewrote their own record book on Sunday afternoon in Asheville, N.C., pouring in 19 runs in a 19-12 series finale victory over the Asheville Tourists that set a new franchise single-game runs record. The previous franchise best of 18 runs was surpassed as Hub City and…

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USC Upstate Softball Closes Historic 2026 Season at NCAA Regional Final Sports

USC Upstate Softball Closes Historic 2026 Season at NCAA Regional Final

The USC Upstate Spartans softball program capped its most historic season in school history on Sunday, May 17, falling to No. 1 Alabama 9-0 in the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional Final but completing a run that rewrote the record books for Upstate Athletics. The Spartans finished with a 38-23 overall record and…

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Spartanburg County School District 2 Board Holds May Meeting — Key Items Education

Spartanburg County School District 2 Board Holds May Meeting — Key Items

The Spartanburg County School District 2 Board of Trustees held its regular May board meeting on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, according to a recording of the public session. District 2 serves students in Boiling Springs, Chesnee, and surrounding communities in northern Spartanburg County and is governed by an elected board…

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Spartanburg District 5 Passes $200M Bond Referendum — What It Funds Education

Spartanburg District 5 Passes $200M Bond Referendum — What It Funds

Spartanburg School District 5 voters approved a $200 million bond referendum in November 2025, according to a district announcement confirming the outcome. The referendum passed on November 4, 2025, and funds the largest capital investment in the district's recent history — a multi-year program of school facility improvements, new construction,…

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Spartanburg Philharmonic to Induct Kristin Scott Benson and Miles Hoffman

The Spartanburg Philharmonic announced on May 13, 2026 that it will formally induct two new honorees into the Spartanburg Music Trail — award-winning bluegrass banjo artist Kristin Scott Benson and the late internationally recognized violist and radio broadcaster Miles Hoffman — at a free public ceremony scheduled for June 11…

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Hub City Hog Fest Returns to Downtown Spartanburg for 2026 Events

Hub City Hog Fest Returns to Downtown Spartanburg for 2026

The annual Hub City Hog Fest returned to downtown Spartanburg this month, bringing barbecue teams, live music, and thousands of visitors to the heart of the city. The two-day festival, one of Spartanburg's signature spring events, showcases competitive barbecue alongside local vendors, craft beverages, and family-friendly entertainment. Organizers put out a…

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SC Leads Nation in Vehicle and Tire Exports for 11th Straight Year Business

SC Leads Nation in Vehicle and Tire Exports for 11th Straight Year

South Carolina maintained its standing as the national leader in completed passenger vehicle exports and tire exports in 2025, extending the state's unbroken streak to 11 consecutive years atop the tire export rankings while retaining the top position in passenger vehicle exports for another year. Together, those two export categories…

A. Preston Acker 7 hours ago
SC Exports Hit Seven-Year High at $38.5B — Spartanburg Manufacturers Drive Record Business

SC Exports Hit Seven-Year High at $38.5B — Spartanburg Manufacturers Drive Record

South Carolina's total export sales reached $38.5 billion in 2025, the highest value recorded in seven years, according to figures announced by Governor Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Department of Commerce, and South Carolina Ports. The 1.5% year-over-year growth matched the overall pace of U.S. export expansion and placed South…

A. Preston Acker 7 hours ago
Spartanburg County Launches 2026 Paid Summer Internship Program Business

Spartanburg County Launches 2026 Paid Summer Internship Program

Spartanburg County has announced the launch of its 2026 Summer Internship Program, expanding the county government's commitment to workforce development by offering paid, hands-on opportunities for students and young professionals across multiple county departments. The program reflects the county's broader strategy of investing in local talent and building a pipeline…

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5 dead in head-on crash on Highway 101 in Spartanburg Co. Crime

5 dead in head-on crash on Highway 101 in Spartanburg Co.

Five people are dead and one is hospitalized after a head-on collision in the early hours of Friday morning, May 15, 2026, on Highway 101 near Bellview Road Extension in Spartanburg County. Troopers with the South Carolina Highway Patrol said the wreck happened at roughly 1:00 a.m. and is among…

N. Olivia Locklear 3 days ago
Greenwood Officer DJ Keller Killed in Line of Duty; Teen Driver Arrested Crime

Greenwood Officer DJ Keller Killed in Line of Duty; Teen Driver Arrested

a city police officer, Don "DJ" Keller, a 31-year-old K-9 handler and U.S. Army veteran, was killed Monday evening when a teenage driver fleeing a traffic stop in a blue Jeep crossed into oncoming traffic on East Cambridge Avenue and struck his patrol vehicle head-on, according to the city police…

N. Olivia Locklear 5 days ago
Berea Driver, 66, Killed in Multi-Vehicle Wreck on White Horse Road Crime

Berea Driver, 66, Killed in Multi-Vehicle Wreck on White Horse Road

A 66-year-old driver was killed Tuesday evening when his SUV crossed multiple lanes on White Horse Road in Berea, overturned several times, and slammed into a pickup truck stopped at a stop sign on Old White Horse Road, according to state troopers and the Greenville County Coroner's Office. Regional outlets covering…

R. Darnell Rivera 5 days ago
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SC Governor McMaster Calls Legislature Back for Special Session Politics

SC Governor McMaster Calls Legislature Back for Special Session

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster called the General Assembly back to Columbia for an extraordinary session on May 14, 2026, directing lawmakers to return to the State House to address legislative business that the governor determined could not wait until the regular session calendar resumed. The announcement followed a week…

Preston Searcy 7 hours ago
Spartanburg Residents Asked to Shape 2050 Regional Transportation Plan Politics

Spartanburg Residents Asked to Shape 2050 Regional Transportation Plan

Spartanburg area residents have a formal opportunity to help shape how the region moves for the next quarter century. The Spartanburg Area Transportation Study (SPATS) Metropolitan Planning Organization is gathering community input on the 2050 Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP), with two public information meetings already held and a comment period…

Hollis V. Blackwell 7 hours ago
Spartanburg City Council Moves to Establish Children’s Cabinet Politics

Spartanburg City Council Moves to Establish Children’s Cabinet

The Spartanburg City Council took up a first-reading ordinance on May 11, 2026, to establish a Children's Cabinet — a 24-member advisory and coordinating body designed to bring together public sector agencies, community organizations, nonprofits, and community representatives to address the needs of children and families across Spartanburg. The council…

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