A defense attorney for a 50-year-old woman laid out an unfortunate series of events Monday in Cherokee County General Sessions Court while making a bid for her release. Patricia Ann Sprouse is charged with murder in connection with the Nov. 1 stabbing death of her boyfriend, Michael Carpenter, 48, insider her Marietta Road home. More...

COLUMBIA – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden will open its gates for the 22nd annual Lights Before Christmas on Saturday, Nov. 21. More...

When asked whether Summerville and Gaffney appear destined to meet each year in the Class 4A playoffs, Greenwave head coach John McKisslck had a short, one-word response. “Unfortunately.” More...

Bo Turner, 85, of 114 Brown St., went home to be with the Lord on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009, at his residence. Born in Gaffney, he was the widower of Helen “Bunkie” Vinesett Turner and son of the late Calvin Turner and Nannie Pettit Turner. He was retired from The Timken Company, a graduate of Gaffney High School, a Mason and an avid Clemson More...

That John Ludwig walked out of a Greenville County courtroom earlier this week instead of heading to a prison cell is nothing short of unbelievable. His gentle treatment rocks confidence in our justice system. More...

COLUMBIA (AP) – Authorities say a severely overweight South Carolina man sat down in his recliner in March and stayed there for eight months until shortly before his death this week. Greenwood County deputies say Tillmon Webb weighed about 800 pounds when he died Wednesday at a hospital a few hours after firefighters had to cut him from the chair. More...