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Former reporter/columnist for the USA Today Network in Greenville, SC, now available for freelance writing. Emphasis on trending topics, reader Q & A and development
While many are gathered around tables across the Upstate to share a meal with their kin, dozens will meet up inside what used to be two homes overlooking Rutherford Street to spend their Thanksgiving holiday with a different kind of family; one that's helped them reconnect with their purpose and, in many cases, build a life they're proud of.
As we approach 2020, The Greenville News is taking a look back at some of the biggest news in our area over the past 10 years. The list below was narrowed from nearly two dozen contending stories via a newsroom poll.
Police have arrested the mother in a 1990 homicide involving an abandoned newborn. Genetic genealogy testing identified Brook Graham, of Greenville, as the baby's mother. The infant was found Feb. 13, 1990, by a man picking wildflowers. Police named her "Julie Valentine." Greenville's Julie Valentine Center was named after the girl as part of its re-branding in 2011.
Vanessa Palacios never pictured being a bride and certainly never wanted a traditional wedding. "What was important to me, and it wasn't about a paper or law or ring, I didn't even know if I wanted a ring," Palacios said. "To me, it was important to be tied to the universe somehow."
Reported clown sightings in Greenville County are the kind of can't miss, viral stories that grab a news cycle and won't let go. The first story about the clown sightings in Greenville County was published late last week.
WALTERBORO - On any given day here, vehicles with out-of-state plates are parked on East Washington Street in downtown. The small Southern city is just a few miles off Interstate 95, a major thoroughfare for travelers moving up and down the East Coast.
A Greenville News investigation has found that two administrations took decidedly different approaches in resolving the same set of sexual misconduct complaints within the Greenville County Sheriff's Office. When suspended Sheriff Will Lewis investigated a case involving fraternizing and immoral sexual conduct within the Sheriff's Office, several employees were investigated and one of them was suspended, according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
Each summer, friends reunite over packed pool decks while kids in brightly colored bathing suits take turns on diving boards. But summer during a pandemic doesn't look quite the same for many in the Greenville area as pool boards work to navigate smaller membership numbers, safety precautions and adherence to social distancing rules.
Nearly a dozen local nonprofits will have to find new ways to fund their missions as a recent strategic shift by the United Way of Greenville County shakes up the organization's partnership roster. The updated roster includes 67 nonprofits, 16 of which are new partnerships.
Question: Channel 4 runs a promo stating the Sky 4 is the only news helicopter in SC. With other large markets in SC...Columbia, Charleston, Myrtle Beach, Spartanburg.... none of them have a helicopter? I moved here from NC and it seems like every large market there has at least one 'eye in the sky.'