North Greenville University graduated the following local students on Friday, Dec. 4.
Baccalaureate degree students whose cumulative grade point average is at least 3.5 graduate cum laude; those with at least a 3.75 graduate magna cum laude; and those with at least a 3.9-grade point average graduate summa cum laude.
The Greenville County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating a missing adult with health problems.
Cynthia Frances Plummer was last seen Saturday morning around 1030 a.m. on Crosby Circle where she left on foot.
The Kitchen by Wolfgang Puck is once again serving passengers at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.
The restaurant and bar, located in GSP’s Grand Hall just past the security checkpoint, will offer a streamlined menu and new socially distanced seating.
Prisma Health reached 9,370 daily COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday and is well on its way to meeting its goal of 10,000 vaccinations per day due to the rapid mobilization of staff and the enormous success in quickly standing up two high-volume community vaccination sites in Columbia and Greenville.
No figures were provided for today’s vaccinations, which were continuing through 7 p.m.
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Two Upstate leaders remembered Martin Luther King, Jr., for advancing civil rights through nonviolence, unselfishness, fairness and equality for everyone. The annual MLK Day is celebrated Monday, traditionally the third Monday in January.
Prisma Health is restricting patient visitation effective today (Jan. 9), in the wake of a growing surge of COVID-19 infections across South Carolina.
“We know that being with families is itself a healing therapy and so we wrestled with this decision. But we believe this measure is needed in the wake of the growing post-holiday surge of COVID-19, especially given the growing community spread,” said Dr. Eric Ossmann, an emergency medicine physician who is Prisma Health’s Chief of Preparedness and leads its COVID-19 response system-wide.
Maria and Fernando Arellano welcomed their baby girl, Melissa, as Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's first baby of 2021.
Melissa arrived at 4:23 a.m. on Jan. 1. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces and is 19 inches long. Melissa is the couple's third child.
Andy Jones, former head football coach at Boiling Springs and Hillcrest high schools in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 70.
Jones coached Boiling Springs High School and was athletics director from 1983-88. He resigned from coaching in 1989 after nearly two decades.
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The Greenville County Sheriff's Department reported Nivia Young has been located and is safe.
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Greer Police Department detectives believe the crime spree in the city of Greer, including a bank robbery Tuesday and two restaurants on Monday, were committed by the same suspect, according to Lt. Patrick Fortenberry.
Fortenberry said the bank robbery at The Bank of Travelers Rest on Tuesday, and the robberies at Sub Station II and the Waffle House on Monday were committed by the same suspect. No other information was released Wednesday by Fortenberry.
All three crimes gave the same description of the suspect, wearing dark clothing and a blue bandana covering his face. The suspect also left all three crime scenes on foot. Greer Police reportedly arrived within minutes of receiving calls to each business being held up.
A K9 was reportedly used to try to locate the suspect after the Sub Station II holdup, but GPD did not indicate what methods were used to track down the suspect in the other two crimes.
Fortenberry said, "We do continue to ask that if anyone has any additional information to please contact the Greer Police Department at (864) 848-2151."
Bank robbery, 2 restaurants are hit in crime spree
A bank robbery on Tuesday in Travelers Rest, and robberies at Sub Station II and Waffle House on Monday, just 21 minutes apart has kept the Greer Police Department busy.
Dr. Raymond Van Grubbs lived a storied life as a Renaissance man.
The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s assistance in locating an endangered missing adult.
Lisa Marie Hagerty has been missing since Dec. 8 shortly after 8 p.m. when she was released from the Greenville County Detention Center.
Walter Greene has been charged with kidnapping, violation of order of protection, domestic violence and abandonment of a minor child after taking his two children from Simpsonville, Wednesday, according to Lt. Ryan Flood of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office.
Flood said Greene was captured at a convenience store on Highway 101 in Spartanburg County. The children were reported safe.
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Deputies received a tip Friday night that Steven Meredith McKinney Jr. had returned to his residence in Laurens County and they were able to quickly move in to place him under arrest.
Dr. Tawana Scott, North Greenville University's (NGU) associate vice president for adult and graduate academic services, will be the keynote speaker for NGU's graduate school and online undergraduate December commencement on Friday at 1 p.m. on the Tigerville Campus.
After successfully navigating the in-person fall semester, the University will follow the same protocols for commencement. Providing as safe an environment as possible to the community and guests remains the University's highest priority.
The Greer Christmas Parade is scheduled for 2:30 Sunday with a scaled down version because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The theme is “Christmas Melodies”.
A virtual grand marshal vehicle honoring frontline healthcare workers leads the 63-unit parade on its 1.1-mile route. A sensory safe zone is on the first block of the parade route on Poinsett Street between Memorial Drive and Hubert Street. The parade turns left at North Main Street and ends at Cunningham Road.
The Greer Christmas Parade will honor frontline healthcare workers with a virtual Grand Marshal vehicle leading the parade on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2:30 p.m.
The festivities are held in conjunction with a weekend of activities organized by the City of Greer Christmas Tree Lighting on Friday, Dec. 4 and Greer Station Association.
Investigators with the Greenville County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a pastor for 3rd degree Criminal Sexual Conduct with a Minor and 2nd degree Assault and Battery.
The charges against Moises Norberto Guerrero, 43, are from incidents occurring between 2008 and 2019, against multiple victims, according to law enforcement officials. Investigators received the initial report on Oct. 19, regarding illegal sexual contact made by Guerrero against a minor victim.
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