Jockey Lot is staying
Attorney Dickie McClellion laughed when he was asked whether Wal-Mart was buying the 63-acre Jockey Lot in northern Anderson County. “I wondered when someone from the newspaper was going to…
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Ann McCord
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Tech aglow in new sustainability programs
Bruce Wood started his business, Sun Store, 34 years ago after the oil embargo underlined the country’s dependence on foreign energy sources. He stayed in business during the heyday of…
Brick and mortarboards
The best minds in business don’t need to be hidden in an ivory tower miles from Spartanburg’s commercial district, University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides said. They need to…
The ‘Southwest Effect’
Airfares plummeted at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport last year. The average round-trip ticket price flying out of the Twin Cities was $321.54 during the third quarter of 2009, nearly…
City knew trees were coming down, developer says
City officials knew, or should have known, that five heritage trees on the fringe of the controversial Brookside development would be coming down, David Douglas manager of Douglas Development…
It’s time to decide
“One day last week, former Lt. Gov. NickTheodore picked up the phone in his home office. Former state Superintendent of Education Inez Tenenbaum was calling. After a few pleasantries, Tenenbaum…
Foreign aid for schools
“Two years ago as he tried to expand the school’s foreign language program, Greer High Principal MarionWaters looked all over South Carolina and the southeast for a Spanish teacher. He…
Lobbying pays
“Clemson University and the University of South Carolina spent more than $350,000 on federal lobbyists last year. But the schools say the money was well spent because it brought in…
Lobbying pays
“Clemson University and the University of South Carolina spent more than $350,000 on federal lobbyists last year. But the schools say the money was well spent because it brought in…
The financial side of football
With a No. 1 national ranking, a49-game home winning streak and an 87-4 record since the 2002 season,Byrnes High School is the undisputed big dog on South Carolinafootball fields. But…
Road wars continue
West Georgia Road is a 17-mile stretch from the high speeds of Interstate 385 to the rural lanes at the Greenville County border with Anderson County. Along the way, there…
The deadliest day
“Bertha Mae Futrell clutched a crumpled photo of her killer tightly in her fist as she collapsed onto her bedroom floor. The frail, 62-year-old Marietta woman had been beaten and…
Abuse of power
“It started innocently enough four yearsago when a female student at Southside High talked to social studiesteacher Lance Diefenderfer about some problems she was having. It ended in a Greenville…
City issues fewer parking tickets
Paul Walker calls parking in downtownan art form. There’s looking for the person justabout to pull out. There’s knowing where there is convenientoff-street parking that no one ever uses. There…
Mix up puts drunk drivers back on road
Confusion over a new system of handlingappeals of suspended licenses put 54 people accused of drunk drivingback on Upstate roadways. Under state law, licenses are suspendedautomatically for 90 days for…