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Hollis V. Blackwell writes about local government and elections in Spartanburg and is one of the longest-tenured beat reporters in the room with 19+ years on Spartanburg County Council and the State House delegation. Focuses on what each story means in practice — not in theory.
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Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in North Carolina on two felony counts over a social media photo of seashells arranged\u2026
The State Department announced Tuesday it will release a limited run of commemorative U.S. passports featuring President Donald Trump's portrait as part of the nation's 250th anniversary celebrations\u2026
The Spartanburg High School Parent-Teacher Organization is holding its spring Viking Vendor Market on Saturday, May 2, inside the Viking Arena at 2250 East Main Street in Spartanburg,\u2026
King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrived at Joint Base Andrews on April 27, beginning a four-day state visit spanning Washington, D.C., New York City, and Virginia —\u2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a House of Commons vote on Tuesday, April 28, over whether Parliament should open a formal inquiry into claims that he\u2026
President Trump called off a planned trip by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Pakistan on Saturday, ending a push to restart direct Iran war talks.\u2026
The man charged in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting on April 25 was a credentialed California public-school teacher — and the fact that he held that license\u2026
A robbery suspect transported for emergency care shot two Chicago officers inside Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital Saturday, killing a 10-year veteran and critically wounding a 21-year officer —\u2026
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California charged an armed security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Saturday night, wounding a Secret Service agent whose vest stopped the bullet.\u2026
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Milliken & Company, the diversified global manufacturer headquartered in Spartanburg, announced this week that it will bring several new polymer additive technologies to Interpack 2026,\u2026
CHARLESTON, S.C. — State Sen. Josh Kimbrell of Spartanburg County emerged as a focal point at Tuesday's second South Carolina Republican gubernatorial debate after staking out a position\u2026
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wildfire smoke drifting north from Georgia triggered a multi-county air quality alert across the Upstate on Wednesday, with the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services\u2026