Chris Lavender

Spartanburg Soup Kitchen anticipates serving 2,000 meals on Thanksgiving. There's other events planned in the city including the annual Turkey Day 8K downtown.

A new planetarium learning center is on track to open summer 2025 in downtown Spartanburg. It will feature classroom space and a Foucault pendulum in the lobby.

SPARTANBURG — As we enter the Christmas season, there's plenty of live shows, concerts and events scheduled in Hub City to help everyone celebrate and spend time with family and friends during the holidays.

GAFFNEY — As Tessie Bridges walked into the gymnasium at Grassy Pond Elementary School, she was greeted by more than 300 students yelling, "Surprise!"

A new Spartanburg County Pet Resource Center will cost about $25 million to construct on 8 acres off Southport Road. It is scheduled to open in December 2025.

GAFFNEY — A brawl at a popular Upstate dirt track with the nickname "The Place Your Mama Warned You About!" has put the speedway's bonfire nights and afterparties on hiatus amid a police investigation.

SPARTANBURG — A former Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office deputy faces criminal charges on allegations he shared information about another agency's homicide investigation.

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. — Nearly three months after Hurricane Helene 's flood waters swept through Chimney Rock Village, efforts continue to rebuild a community that never doubted its resolve to come back even stronger than before.

A special election to fill an unexpired term on Gaffney City Council will be Dec. 31. Candidates Cameo Wilson, Kathy Littlejohn and Betty Bonner are running.

A Walmart distribution center in Wellford was used as a staging area for a truck convoy to provide Hurricane Helene disaster relief in western North Carolina.