Funding roadblock stalls plans for Upstate Buc-ee’s
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - In a FOX Carolina follow up, we’re working to get answers about plans to bring a super size convenience store to Anderson County. We asked state lawmakers why a $60 million roadblock is stalling Buc-ee’s breaking ground. While the store could be...
Crime Report for June 23
Editor's Note: The following information is compiled from public arrest records from the Fountain Inn Police Department, Laurens County Detention Center and Greenville County Detention Center. This information is presented with no intent of guilt or innocence. Larry Duncan - Simpsonville. -Poss. of marijuana - 1st...
Rescuers catch child tossed from window of burning apartment building following explosion
CLEVELAND (WOIO/Gray News) - An apartment building explosion in Cleveland has left three adults and two children hurt. The fire and explosion broke out around 4:30 p.m. Monday at the Rainbow Terrace Apartments in the city’s Garden Valley neighborhood. As smoke billowed from the building, people took action to...
A second high-performance computing center coming to Upstate, a $2.1 billion investment
Just months after the approval of a high-performance, multi-billion-dollar computing center in Spartanburg County, neighboring Cherokee County is announcing one of its own. Cielo Digital Infrastructure will invest approximately $2.1 billion in a data center comprising four facilities, each approximately 400,000...
18-year-old arrested in fatal Upstate Juneteenth shooting
ANDERSON COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Deputies have identified an 18-year-old as one of many suspects in a fatal shooting that occurred at a Juneteenth event in Anderson County. The Anderson County Sheriff’s Office has charged Tiyelle Rakelle Demon Hollings with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime after...
City Tavern reopens in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – City Tavern reopened in downtown Greenville after being closed for three months for construction. An official ribbon cutting was held Monday afternoon, where city officials presented a check for $250,000 as part of the Facade Improvement Program. The program provides financial aid for...
Suspect sentenced in shooting death of man in Columbia for a wedding
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man charged in in connection to the 2020 shooting death of a Greenville man who had come to Columbia for a wedding has pleaded guilty, according to Columbia Police. Police say Zachery Williams pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 27 years...
Graphic warning: Help needed for kittens requiring surgery in Greenville
GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Greenville Humane Society is asking for help with emergency funding for four critically ill kittens. The shelter said Chloe, Sam, Sophia and Marcus were found in a local cat colony but turned away from emergency vet offices. All four kittens have major damage to...
Man dies days after drowning in Spartanburg County
Officials said that on Sunday evening, 49-year-old Velasquez Gomez had been pulled from the water by family members who witnessed him drowning at Clifton Beach.
Spartanburg Co. woman charged with trafficking 16-year-old
A woman was arrested Monday for multiple charges of human trafficking in Greenville County.