Spartanburg, SC News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/ Spartanburg, SC News Greer men arrested on drug charges http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/6aeadf40b5f2fa1d29bf3cba927722d7.html GREER Police have arrested two Greer men on drug charges after an investigation by the Greer Police vicenarcotics unit SLED narcotics agents and the Spartanburg County Sheriffs Office police spokesman Lt Jimmy Holcombe said today Teen charged http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/0780ea00d45d197ac2cbc34811142b1f.html as accessory in Davis murder By ANNA BROWN Staff Writer A Union teenager is accused of aiding murder suspect Patrick Troy Rice while he was trying to elude law enforcement LETTERS to the EDITOR: published Aug 27 http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/9e5c5a5e36a8713070ea18ee3c10006c.html Pernell talks about running for Sheriff in Dillon County; Mayor responds to criticism; Writer describes despicable conditions at Marion County8217;s Animal Shelter8230; Local gas prices up at the pump http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/6d4d57e2da40cd08adc6ff433a6587b7.html Average gasoline prices in the GreenvilleSpartanburgAnderson metropolitan area increased by nearly a penny a gallon overnight according to AAA Upstate solicitor to receive award http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/16efd487c75d1faaf491346239f733a4.html The solicitor for Spartanburg and Cherokee counties will receive a national award Friday for his work on death penalty cases including a special assignment in Lexington County according to a releaseSeventh Circuit Solicitor Trey Gowdy is to be recognized at the summer conference of the Association of Government Attorneys in San FranciscoOver the past eight years Gowdy successfully prosecuted six death penalty cases including the Lexington County case of Norman Starnes who was sentenced to death last November for the slayings of two menStaff writers John O8217;Connor Roddie Burris and Rick Brundrett contributed Teens caught up in broken system http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/c479684dce8c433568d89a3a511be221.html The courts decided George Bellinger deserved another second chance He was just 19 when he got nabbed for having drugs and running from Charleston police in 2004 Sure he had been arrested before but there was still time to turn his life around Weather Service issues rainfall totals for Upstate http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/0e6bb642614ebc271088174e57c7576a.html Rainfall totals for Tropical Storm Fay in the Upstate according to the National Weather Service Contestants needed for Pig Idol' firefighters combat challenge http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/south-carolina/spartanburg/content/3baadbfaf19cbd39993b00292106f5bd.html Staff Writer Think you've got a good singing voice You're invited to showcase it at the Pig Idolcontest during the Uniquely Union Festival in September