Spartanburg Herald-Journal

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  • Wilson wants numbers on stimulus job gains

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – 2 hrs 54 mins ago  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 12:50 a.m. Full Story »

  • Area professor wins human rights award

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – 2 hrs 55 mins ago  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. Full Story »

  • Goodfellows donations at $7,487

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:22 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:23 p.m. Goodfellows is in its 63rd year of helping struggling families put food on their tables, making the holidays more joyful for less-fortunate citizens of the Spartanburg area. Full Story »

  • Inmate charged with mailing threats

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:21 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:16 a.m. Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a South Carolina inmate with mailing threatening letters to two 7th Judicial Circuit prosecutors. Full Story »

  • Community college staff receive awards

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:21 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:30 p.m. Three members of Spartanburg Community College's faculty and staff have been named the college's recipients of the South Carolina Technical Education Association's Educator of the Year awards. Full Story »

  • Police blotter: Teen charged with assault on student

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:21 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 12:48 a.m. Zacharie Joseph Lauzon, 17, of 136 Fleming Ave., Pacolet, on Tuesday was arrested and charged with assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature. Full Story »

  • Man dies in crash after chase

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:20 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:03 a.m. A Wellford man died Tuesday morning after the vehicle he was driving struck a tree to conclude a short chase by a Spartanburg County deputy near Lyman. Full Story »

  • Rain and cold can't dampen festive spirit displayed at Christmas parade

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:20 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:04 a.m. A steady and chilling rain didn't stop the Spartanburg Jaycees Christmas Parade on Tuesday night, or keep Amy and Ayunna Lyles from enjoying it. Full Story »

  • Students turn rodents into (basketball) team players

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Wed Dec 9, 3:20 am ET  

    Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 3:15 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 1:04 a.m. No multi-million-dollar contracts. No lucrative endorsement deals. No international fame. Full Story »

  • 3 face charges in abduction of elderly Walterboro woman

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 6:37 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 5:47 p.m. HAMPTON — Three men face charges in the home invasion and kidnapping of a 78-year-old South Carolina woman later found wounded in her car trunk. Full Story »

  • Travis Barker settles suit over plane crash

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 6:36 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6:01 p.m. LOS ANGELES — An attorney says Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a fatal plane crash in South Carolina last year. Full Story »

  • Decision looms on Sanford's impeachment

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 6:36 pm ET  

    Gov. Mark Sanford speaks to the First Monday Club at Yannis Restaurant in Spartanburg on Monday. Lawmakers may decide as early as Wednesday whether the governor should be impeached. Full Story »

  • Boeing plans duplicate production of all 787 parts

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 4:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. Full Story »

  • Ex-Lake City cop appealing drug trafficking conviction

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 4:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. FLORENCE — A former South Carolina police office is appealing a conviction and 20-year federal prison sentence for drug trafficking and extortion. Full Story »

  • GE chief hopes Copenhagen leads to US clean energy

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 4:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. GREENVILLE — General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt said Tuesday he hopes the Copenhagen conference on climate change leads the United States to develop a green energy policy to grow the economy. Full Story »

  • In Greenville, GE's Immelt says green tech means jobs, growth

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 3:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 3:02 p.m. GREENVILLE — The top executive of General Electric has told a South Carolina audience that green technology can help the environment, create jobs and grow the economy. Full Story »

  • 2 Horry County officers suspended for suspicious billing

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 1:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:15 p.m. CONWAY — Two South Carolina police officers have been suspended after officials say they billed Horry County for work they didn't do. Full Story »

  • USC Upstate professor earns human rights award

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 1:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:08 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 1:08 p.m. Full Story »

  • SC first lady: I wouldn't have stood with husband

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 12:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 11:20 a.m. Full Story »

  • Wellford man, 28, dies in single-car accident

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 12:35 pm ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:35 a.m. A Wellford man died early this morning after authorities say he fled from a Spartanburg County Sheriff’s deputy in Wellford. Full Story »

  • Spread joy by contributing to Goodfellows

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 11:35 am ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. Goodfellows is in its 63rd year of helping struggling families put food on their tables, making the holidays more joyful for less-fortunate residents of the Spartanburg area. Full Story »

  • DA wants death for Gastonia man accused of killing 3

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 11:35 am ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:43 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:43 a.m. GASTONIA, N.C. — A prosecutor says he wants the death penalty for a man charged with killing three North Carolina women. Two of the women's bodies were found in South Carolina. Full Story »

  • Coroner: Gunshots killed pair in burned Greenville home

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 10:36 am ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:54 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:54 a.m. GREENVILLE — Authorities say the South Carolina couple whose bodies were found in their burning home died from gunshot wounds. Full Story »

  • Subcontractors learn what Boeing needs at North Charleston plant

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 10:36 am ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 9:59 a.m. NORTH CHARLESTON — When Boeing announced it would build a $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina, officials said the project would mean 2,000 construction jobs. Full Story »

  • Lake City man pleads guilty in beating, stabbing death

    Spartanburg Herald-Journal – Tue Dec 8, 10:36 am ET  

    Published: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:09 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 10:09 a.m. LAKE CITY — A man has pleaded guilty just before the start of his trial for beating and stabbing a 40-year-old South Carolina man to death. Full Story »

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