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Bi-Lo files for chapter 11

Mauldin-based Bi-Lo, one of the Upstate’s largest supermarket chains, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Monday. During the bankruptcy proceedings, “Bi-Lo stores will remain open and operations will continue without interruption,”…

And then the fire came

A dark brown teddy bear is propped up against the white mailbox post in the front yard of 867 Hayne St. In its lap sits a smaller, lighter bear. A…

Carolina First names new president and CEO

H. Lynn Harton was named president and chief operating officer of Greenville-based The South Financial Group, the company’s board announced Monday. He also was named to the board of directors.…

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Inaugural memories

Three simple words: “I was there.” I wanted my 13-year-old son Jack to be able to say “I was there” for the inauguration of the first African American President. There…

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Land snag

The Greenville County Recreation District received a check for $1.7 million to build passive park at Cedar Falls, part of a total payout of $2.7 million to the county as…

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Jim Rice makes it into the Baseball Hall of Fame

Next year finally came for Anderson’s Jim Rice After 15 years of waiting to get elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the former Boston Red Sox slugger finally got…

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Faces of freedom

Ray Rogers was an Army combat engineer the day he and some 23,000 troops invaded Utah Beach on D-Day 1944. Two days later, a sniper shot him as he picked…

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Bridges are on shaky ground

Dormant kudzu vines and illegally dumped trash spills onto Dairy Ridge Road on the approach to the bridge over Kelsey Creek. County officials closed the bridge more than three years…

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South Carolina’s most influential

” The most influential 1. Carroll Campbell, Greenville: Former governor and U.S. congressman. He is credited with bringing BMW to the Upstate and transforming the region. 2. Dick Riley, Greenville:…

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They call him Mr. Football

Standing inside the lobby of a posh Myrtle Beach hotel, Trey Elder knew his football coach was just playing around when he came over, winked at him and asked if…

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The financial side of football

With a No. 1 national ranking, a49-game home winning streak and an 87-4 record since the 2002 season,Byrnes High School is the undisputed big dog on South Carolinafootball fields. But…

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Nowhere to go

Ben Hargett was a smart kid, but he wasflunking out of high school. “I think some of the teachers were asbored as I was,” he said. “It was real easy…

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Caught in a jam

After decades as a four-team jamboree,Mauldin High is making the jump to hosting eight teams for itsfootball classic in the third week of August. The reason is partly due to…

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Back from war

When U.S. Marine Cpl. Erica Solakreturned home this spring after seven months in Iraq, she had troublegoing to sleep at night so her dad downloaded the sound of rapidmachine gun…

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Graduating with honors?

“A high school senior with a 3.9 grade point average at Hillcrest High will walk across the stage at graduation this June with high honors. But if that same student…

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