Records released: questions remain
“Anderson County Administrator JoeyPreston took business associates out for 142 meals in the first 10months of 2007, according to documents obtained by the AndersonJournal through the South Carolina Freedom of…
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Their day in court
It was dark outside and foggy. John Brannon, a financial adviser, andhis retired schoolteacher wife, Catherine, had gotten up three hoursearlier than normal. They had a bus to catch this…
It’s a sticky situation
His name is Jerome Thompson. You can call him the GTA Gum Buster. His job is to clean up chewing gum where it hides. Whether it is stuck between bus…
Student housing brings cops to Greenville Tech
Since Greenville Tech opened itsstudent housing in September, six students have been kicked out because of criminal violations ranging from drug and alcohol violations to assault. And police have been…
How Greenville measures up
The cold, hard facts are undeniable. The average per capita income of Greenville residents is declining compared to the rest of the nation. After reaching 2 percentage points over the…
Coyote ugly
Dennis Johnson was so stunned by what he was hearing over his walkie-talkie that he paused a moment before asking the air traffic controller to repeat the transmission. He was…
City issues fewer parking tickets
Paul Walker calls parking in downtownan art form. There’s looking for the person justabout to pull out. There’s knowing where there is convenientoff-street parking that no one ever uses. There…
City issues fewer parking tickets
Paul Walker calls parking in downtownan art form. There’s looking for the person justabout to pull out. There’s knowing where there is convenientoff-street parking that no one ever uses. There…
Blame it on the boot
Even with the blissful afternoon sunlight gleaming through the large windows fronting Main Street and the heady aroma of fresh-brewed coffee filling Postcards from Paris, the owners of the West…
Blame it on the boot
Even with the blissful afternoon sunlight gleaming through the large windows fronting Main Street and the heady aroma of fresh-brewed coffee filling Postcards from Paris, the owners of the West…
Banking on the Upstate
Larry Miller chuckled when asked aboutthe number of new banks that have opened in Greenville in the lastfew months. “You don’t have enough to space towrite about them,” he said.…
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…
Where it hurts the most
In many of the small, stark cells where the women of Leath Correctional Institution sleep, three neatly kept bunks squeeze into space barely large enough for two. The maximum security…