The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating a shooting involving a police officer in the Upstate, the agency announced Friday. The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office and agents with the Department of Homeland Security were attempting to apprehend James Edgar Hopkins, 51, for outstanding warrants on Monday in Greenville County. Officers located Hopkins outside a […]
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — State law enforcement officials are investigating a fatal crash that occurred Saturday night. According to South Carolina Highway Patrol, the crash occurred around 8:05 p.m., on I-18 near mile marker 81. Three cars were involved in the crash; a 2019 Ford F-650, a 2016 Dodge RAM pickup truck and a […]
Across the Upstate, public libraries are working to give residents a new way to access seeds for their gardens. Seed libraries offer library patrons the chance to receive free seed packets to grow flowers, fruits, vegetables and herbs at home. The seed library programs are often accompanied by education about environmental enrichment, food security and […]
The bones were picked clean, weather-beaten, and so small that the boy who found them on April 14, 1922, thought they were the remains of a large dog. Later, the boy’s father climbed up to the spot near the top of Cheesecote Mountain, near Haverstraw, N.Y., and discovered a human skull. The coroner determined that […]
WEBSTER, N.Y. (AP) — An upstate New York district attorney apologized Monday after police video showed her cursing at an officer who tried to give her a speeding ticket and telling him to “just go away.” “Last Monday I failed you and the standards that I hold myself to, and for that I am so […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction. Attorney Arthur Aidala said Weinstein was moved to Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after his arrival on […]
A pedestrian was hit and killed while on a sidewalk in the Upstate, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Just after 3 p.m. Friday, a 2015 Nissan sedan veered off Anderson Street near Jameson Road and struck a pedestrian who was walking on the sidewalk just south of Greenville, Master Trooper Michael Ridgeway said. […]
Calling all Upstate nature lovers: It’s time to celebrate the earth and join in protecting it. Earth Day, a day to admire the natural world and advocate for ways to preserve it, will be celebrated on Monday, April 22. But organizations across the Upstate are kicking off celebrations this weekend. There’s something for everyone. Residents […]
BALLSTON SPA, N.Y. (AP) — A man was sentenced Wednesday to 47 years to life in prison for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl who went missing from a state park in upstate New York last year. Craig N. Ross Jr. pleaded guilty in February to taking the girl Sept. 30 from a campground […]
Money.com published its annual list of the best 50 places to live in the United States, and two New York municipalities made the cut. Calling the 50 municipalities “the blueprint for the future,” the list examined towns for and including: Having a healthy job market; What the average homeowner and renter costs are; The percentage […]
BROWNVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A Long Island doctor who was headed to upstate New York to see the solar eclipse with her family fell out of a moving trailer on a highway and died, authorities said. Dr. Monika Woroniecka, 58, a pediatrician at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital who specialized in immunology, was riding in the […]
Jesse Boyd Elementary, Special education specialist Dori Helms’ career started through a volunteer opportunity. “I decided to become a teacher after volunteering for the Special Olympics at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and Blind when I was in eighth grade,” she said. “This was part of a service project for Beta Club, and […]