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Spartanburg School District 6 to hold forum on no tax bond
8+ hour, 42+ min ago (319+ words) SPARTANBURG, S.C. " Voters in Spartanburg County School District Six have the chance to take a pro-active approach toward future growth, all without a tax increase. Leaders of Spartanburg County District Six said the age of some of their facilities is showing…...
Spartanburg Libraries: March Into Reading
13+ hour, 52+ min ago (24+ words) Spartanburg Libraries: March Into Reading'wspa.com It's National Reading Month and the Spartanburg Libraries are marching into reading. For more information: SPARTANBURGLIBRARIES.ORG...
‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ wins best documentary feature Oscar for teacher who opposed Ukraine war
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (400+ words) In the name of our future, in the name of all of our children, stop all of these wars now," the film's protagonist and co-director Pavel Talankin said in Russian from the stage through a translator. Talankin was a teacher…...
Why are people so fascinated by true crime? WVU professor weighs in
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (273+ words) MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) " The Hulu docuseries "Friends like These: the Murder of Skylar Neese" has been sitting in the Top 5 on Hulu since its release last week, which has also sparked interest in previous coverage of the case by Nexstar's…...
Upstate teacher named finalist in state competition
5+ day, 12+ hour ago (400+ words) HODGES, S.C. (WSPA) " Nashari Williams, a second-grade teacher at the School of Inquiry'Hodges Elementary, has been named a finalist for the South Carolina Teacher of the Year award. Williams, who teaches in the Greenwood 50 school district, was inspired to pursue education…...
Students ‘render gunman no longer alive’ after campus shooting that killed 1, injured 2
6+ day, 1+ hour ago (1194+ words) NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) " Mohamed Jalloh, a man previously convicted of providing ISIL material support and recently released from prison, has been identified by the FBI as the shooter who killed one person and injured two others at Old Dominion University…...
Teacher dies in toilet paper prank gone wrong, police say
1+ week, 2+ day ago (218+ words) (NewsNation) " A teacher in Georgia died during a toilet paper prank after being run over by a vehicle, authorities said. Hall County Sheriff officials said Jason Hughes noticed a group of teenagers toilet-papering the trees outside his home. After Hughes…...
Pickens County Library resumes programs, halts content limits
1+ week, 5+ day ago (445+ words) PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) " The Pickens County Library System Board of Trustees voted to restart library programs, temporarily pause the collections policy process, and made a recommendation for an interim director, Friday afternoon. The meeting was standing room only, filled with…...
Greenville man gets life for killing USC Upstate student
2+ week, 1+ day ago (210+ words) SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) " A Greenville man was found guilty last week of shooting and killing a student at USC Upstate outside of an apartment in Spartanburg. According to the 7th Circuit Solicitor's Office, a jury found 24-year-old Tyshawn Issac Gray Jordan guilty…...
Sandra Cisneros long wanted an invite to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Now, she’s in
2+ week, 6+ day ago (325+ words) I felt like I was waiting for someone to ask me to dance. I felt like a literary wallflower, because I never got invited," says Cisneros, whose books include such favorites as The House on Mango Street" and Woman Hollering…...