Greenville SC

Former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright and the department's former chaplain are under investigation and may be facing multiple charges. According to a letter sent from Attorney General Alan Wilson to the Seventh Circuit Solicitor’s Office, Wright could soon be charged with misconduct of a public officer, use...

PICKENS, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - After serving the community for five decades, a Pickens County deputy is retiring. The sheriff’s office said starting in 1975, Jan J.B. Kelley spent time serving with the Easley Police Department, Easley Fire Department and the SC Highway Patrol. In 1978, officials said he joined the...

A man wanted in connection with a May shooting which left one person dead has been arrested.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Upstate family and community is mourning the loss of a 12-year-old girl who passed from a infection that is especially rare in adolescence. Ansley “Payce” Chappell, a rising seventh grade at Dacusville Middle School, passed from bacterial meningitis strep B on Tuesday morning,...

ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Upstate man is facing a federal charge stemming from an investigation by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Court records indicate Mayo Pickens of Anderson is charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. According to an affidavit by a DEA agent, Pickens told an...

The Mill at Fountain Inn, a historic property formerly known as the Ellison Flour Mill, announced July 1 it was recognized with a Preservation Honor Award at the 2025 South Carolina Historic Preservation Awards. The property’s developers and contractors, which included Bryan Beal of B & B Real Estate Co.,...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Ready or not... here’s a look at back-to-school start dates for Upstate districts.

"Every day I think about being a seal... But I hop on a tractor, I get on the bush hog. I put my earmuffs on, and I just get out here in nature," said Johnny Holcombe. He's a Navy Seal Team Six veteran. "At 15, I started running push ups, pull ups and swimming," Holcombe told 7 NEWS. "And that's all I did for two...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An inmate at the Greenville County Detention Center is facing new charges for reportedly threatening a public official. The SC Law Enforcement Division charged 48-year-old Robert Wilson Voorhees with four counts of threatening the life of a public official. According to the arrest...

Greenville, South Carolina – A line of strong to severe thunderstorms is expected to develop late Tuesday afternoon across the western Carolinas and northeast Georgia, bringing the risk of damaging winds and isolated flash flooding through midnight. According to the National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg,...