Hub City Spartanburgers Launch ‘Sparkle Week’ With Daily Nonprofit Projects May 5-10
The Hub City Spartanburgers are turning their May 5-10 homestand into a week-long volunteer push, naming the stretch “Sparkle Week” at Fifth Third Park and pairing each day with a different Upstate nonprofit. According to the team, Spartanburgers players, coaches and front-office staff will spend mornings assisting community organizations before hosting those groups at the […]
OneSpartanburg Inc. Opens Community Input for Next Five-Year Vision Plan
OneSpartanburg Inc., the county’s combined chamber and economic development organization, has opened a community input process for its next five-year strategic vision plan, seeking public feedback on workforce priorities, small business support, infrastructure needs, and quality of life goals. The effort marks the start of a new planning cycle for the organization, which consolidated three […]
Jury Finds Spartanburg Community College Unlawfully Fired Professor of 24 Years
A jury has found that Spartanburg Community College unlawfully interfered with the rights of a professor who was terminated in 2023, awarding him damages after a trial that concluded this week. The verdict was returned in favor of Chipley Bennett, who had worked at the college for 24 years before his firing. Jurors determined the […]
Campobello Man Killed in Wrong-Way Crash on I-26
A Campobello man died early Friday morning after driving the wrong way on Interstate 26 and striking a tractor-trailer head-on near mile marker 9, according to state troopers who responded to the scene. The collision occurred around 3:30 a.m. A transit van was traveling east in the westbound lanes when it hit the tractor-trailer. The […]
Bill Murray Headlines 2026 BMW Charity Pro-Am Celebrity Lineup in Upstate SC
Bill Murray — Emmy and Golden Globe winner, actor, and enduring symbol of unconventional celebrity — will lead the celebrity field at the 26th annual BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD Synnex this June in the Upstate. Max Metcalf, BMW’s manager of government and community relations, announced the full celebrity lineup April 24 at BMW […]
Spartanburg County Data Center Seeks Equipment Increase, Says Expansion Was Always the Plan
A data center operating in Spartanburg County has filed paperwork seeking a significant increase in approved equipment — a move that has drawn scrutiny from county officials and area observers who say the request was not clearly disclosed during the original approval process. The facility, connected to the roughly $3 billion Project Spero AI data […]
Spartanburg’s Historic 1881 Bell Finds New Home at Barnet Park
After nearly a year sitting in storage, Spartanburg’s most-traveled civic artifact is getting a permanent home — and this time, it’s designed to be walked through, not just admired from a passing car. City Council voted 6-1 Monday night to place a newly designed clock tower at the entrance to Barnet Park, the northeast-corner greenspace […]
Business Spotlight: Firetower Media Brings Industrial-Grade Video to Spartanburg Manufacturers
Published April 28, 2026 | By A. Nadine Hagood, Business Reporter For most Spartanburg manufacturers, the hardest part of telling their story on video is not the camera — it is the camera operator. Plant tours go sideways when the crew has never set foot on a shop floor. Safety glasses come off in the […]
St. Louis Region Elevated to Level 4 Severe Weather Risk as Major Tornado Outbreak Unfolds
The Storm Prediction Center elevated the St. Louis region to a Level 4 out of 5 — Moderate Risk — for severe thunderstorms on Monday, April 27, 2026. The National Weather Service office in St. Louis set the primary danger window from 2:00 PM through 10:00 PM CDT, with hazards including baseball-sized hail, damaging winds, […]
63-Year-Old Arrested in Texas on Child Sexual Assault Charge After Disturbance Led Deputies to Teen’s Bedroom
A 63-year-old man is facing a second-degree felony charge of sexual assault of a child after his arrest in New Caney, Texas, in court records and an official news release. On April 21, 2026, at approximately 4:45 p.m., East Patrol deputies were dispatched to a disturbance in the 21400 block of Dallas Street near Liberty […]