Greenville SC

A South Carolina sheriff who embezzled from his department’s own benevolent fund , stole oxycodone pills from a drug give back program and created a fake position that paid his friend roughly $200,000 for nonexistent work has pleaded guilty. Chuck Wright was in his sixth term as sheriff of Spartanburg County when he...

Officials report he was also served with two general sessions warrants and will appear before a Circuit Court judge at a later time.

GREENVILLE, S.C (WSPA) – Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis is asking for a $12,000 salary increase for his deputies, citing recruitment and retention challenges. During a recent county leaders’ meeting, officials indicated that the raise is unlikely to make it into next year’s budget. Lewis said his department...

As the government shutdown continues, several federal welfare programs, including SNAP, are set to expire on Nov. 1.

The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office said it is looking for a woman who has been missing for nearly two weeks.

SOUTH CAROLINA — A call about a fire alarm in Greer on Thursday evening led to the discovery of a gunshot victim who later died, authorities said. The Greer Police Department said officers and fire personnel responded around 5:40 p.m. to a home on Geer Streetafter reports of a possible fire. Firefighters determined...

The wind phone in Conestee Nature Preserve helps the grieving dial into healing. I wouldn’t have to look up the number. It was the first one I ever memorized, with the old 704 area code, in the house in North Carolina where I grew up. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to say on the wind phone in Greenville’s Conestee...

GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — Two inmates are facing additional charges after a reported fight at the Greenville County Detention Center left one victim with severe injuries. Calvin Lee Thompson Jr., 27, and Tishone Dunlap-Wright, 23, were charged by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) with multiple...

Deputies began investigating after a man reported that 36-year-old Rachel Marie Foster pointed a gun at him and would not allow him to leave a home on Crooks Drive.

According to arrest warrants, Calvin Lee Thompson Jr. and Tishone Dunlap-Wright worked together to assault another inmate while detained at the jail.