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Mary Elle Marchant crowned Miss South Carolina’s Teen 2024
Columbia, SC – The Miss South Carolina Scholarship Organization has crowned Mary Elle Marchant, Miss River Bluff’s Teen, as Miss South Carolina’s Teen 2024. Marchant, an 18-year-old from Lexington, recently graduated from River Bluff High School and wowed the judges with her exceptional talent and poise. Marchant...
Churches, charities with little track record among nonprofits in line for $90M in SC budget
COLUMBIA — A church-owned retreat in rural Fairfield County, anti-abortion organizations and a pair of after-school boxing programs are among nonprofits receiving taxpayer dollars in the state budget. In total, the Legislature’s budget plan for the fiscal year that started July 1 allocates more than $435 million in one-time spending on projects sponsored by legislators, […] The post Churches, charities with little track record among nonprofits in line for $90M in SC budget appeared first on SC Daily Gazette.
Honea Path Police Department unveils new patrol cars
HONEA PATH, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Honea Path Police Department announced that they are making a change to their patrol car fleet after picking up new vehicles on Wednesday. The department announced the change and shared photos of the vehicles in a social media post on Wednesday afternoon. According...
On the Move: Lance Byars
Lance Byars was promoted to vice president with Colliers | South Carolina. He serves as vice chairman on the board of advisors to The Salvation Army of Greenville, Pickens and Oconee Counties, and chairman of the Greenville Health Authority. Byars holds real estate licenses in South and North Carolina and...
Updating 19 Greenville city projects: What’s happening, what’s next
Here are status updates on several of the city of Greenville’s facility, recreation and trail projects. Mayberry Field: Construction of Mayberry Field at Unity Park will begin in the fall of 2024. The $3.2 million project is expected to be completed by spring of 2025. The Little League-regulation baseball field will include a grandstand, press box, dugouts and other amenities. Designs for the project are still being finalized.
SC NEXUS one of 12 tech hubs to receive millions in federal funding
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The SC Nexus for Advanced Resilient Energy (SC NEXUS) on Tuesday received $45 million in implementation grant funding through the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) Tech Hubs program, which is designed to scale up the production of critical technologies, create jobs in innovative industries, and strengthen U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.
Salute from the Shore to celebrate 15th year on the Grand Strand
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — Salute from the Shore started in 2009 and continues to be a Fourth of July tradition celebrated by thousands along the South Carolina coastline each year. The event started with two friends and their sons and one flyover, said Will Howard, a Salute from the Shore board member. However, the […]
Deputies searching for missing man in Laurens County
LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office said deputies are searching for Ethan Smith, a 34-year-old from Fountain Inn who recently went missing. Deputies said Smith was last seen on July 1 near Coopers Bridge Road in Fountain Inn. They added that he was possibly...
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