“Layaway angels” hit up local K-mart

You’ve heard about the “layaway angels” by now. The national news has covered their efforts for weeks now. All over the country generous people have been stepping up to pay off complete strangers layaway bills. And, now, the Upstate is no exception.

Is your car safe? Michelin Man has tips

The folks over at Michelin have some good advice for making sure your car is up to snuff given this year’s extreme weather. But, this time it’s not about tires. Rather, the tips cover your wiper blades instead. Something, that’s easily overlooked.

World AIDS Day: A personal price

It will be a beautiful day when no one will ever have to worry about dying from or watching someone die from HIV/AIDS, when there is a cure for those already diagnosed and a vaccination to prevent the further spread of this devastating disease.

Meet baby girl, Clemson Byrd, named after her parents favorite team

One couple couldn’t think of any other name for their sweet new bumbling bundle of joy other than…Clemson after the university where they met and the team they so loyally follow. And, what they may be naming their next child.

Greenwood murder conviction overturned

Almost 30 years after an elderly Greenwood widow was brutally murdered in her home, the man charged and eventually convicted of her murder then put on death row had his conviction overturned in appeals court this week.

We’re Southerners, how could you ask us to NOT fry our turkeys?

It’s a family tradition for most southerners. It just wouldn’t be the same without dad’s jokes about burning the place down, but one group is warning us all to be careful.

Business is booming for firearm instructors

The instructor-led classrooms that are teaching residents how to shoot a firearm in an effort to protect themselves have “gone off the scales,” and what may or may not be surprising is that most of their customers are women.

Fallen highway sign lands on tractor trailer slicing it in half on I-85

It’s a believe-it-or-not moment on Interstate 85 right now as crews scramble to get traffic moving again after a freak accident blocked all lanes in both directions.

Little Chico, the emaciated yorkshire terrier pup, is back in good health

The Spartanburg Humane Society was alerted of an emaciated pup and quickly stepped in to rescue and bring him back to good health, which happened faster than you’d think.

Army Reserve Veteran dies in single-car head-on crash on Veterans Day

A young Army Reserve veteran was on his way to work early this Veterans Day morning when his truck ran off the road, hit a culvert, then collided head-on with a tree.