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After a couple of hot, humid months, Upstate farmers got a reprieve when much-needed rain arrived.

Not many businesses can lay claim to having survived the Great Depression and the Great Recession, not to mention the arrival of big box retailers like Home Depot and Lowe's. But C.L. Cannon & Sons building supply of Spartanburg not only survived all of that, but it is thriving.

The U.S. Marine Corps is looking for a few more good women. And this time recruiters are turning to girls high school sports teams to find candidates who may be able to meet the Corps' rigorous physical standards

Jab Lyles of Spartanburg knows firsthand the devastating effects gun violence has on a community.

Sitting in the shade of a tree at Walnut Grove Plantation, William Caldwell imagined what life was like for the militia during the American Revolution.

Thousands of students will strap on their backpacks and head back to class Monday in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union counties.

Spartanburg is looking at establishing a centralized facility for people in immediate need of mental health services. Having such a facility could not only help people in crisis, experts say, but reduce the burden on jails and hospital emergency rooms.

After a massive overhaul of credit and debit cards last fall, bankers and retailers are still struggling to implement chip-based cards for consumers and stores.

A Greer man was sentenced Thursday in federal court after pleading guilty in March to violating pretreatment standards of the Clean Water Act.