Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Upstate report from HERE Spartanburg.
SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Runners turned out Saturday morning at USC Upstate in Spartanburg, S.C., for the 11th Josh Lee Memorial 5K, a race that was pushed back two weeks after forecasts called for heavy rain and wind on its original date of Oct. 10. The…
SportsSPARTANBURG, S.C. — Wofford kept its unbeaten Southern Conference record intact Saturday night, but the Terriers could not hold a second-half lead and finished 1-1 with UNC Greensboro at Snyder Field in Spartanburg, S.C. After a scoreless first half in which the visitors put more…
Business
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Opponents of the Valara data center took their objections to the street again Saturday, as nearly 30 residents protested the project now rising on South Pine Street southeast of downtown Spartanburg. Protesters pointed to water use, air quality and what they described as a lack of public…
Traffic
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The busiest road in Spartanburg County that is not an interstate is Business 85, according to 2025 average daily traffic counts kept by the South Carolina Department of Transportation. The stretch from Interstate 26 to Fairforest Road averaged about 49,300 vehicles a day. A little farther along,…
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