Simpsonville

Council votes to re-open Hunter St.

Simpsonville City Council on Tuesday night voted 4-3 to reopen Hunter Street by Aug. 8, 2026 and to direct City staff to conduct a study on potential traffic mitigation measures for the street......Read More

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Mauldin

Mauldin Garden Club FEBRUARY

Master Gardener, Pam Brightman, kept our interest with her informative and sometimes humorous PowerPoint presentation in January on pruning.  Following her presentation, members engaged with Pam.....Read More

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Fountain Inn

Fountain Inn Garden Club News

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Moonville, Piedmont, Fork Shoals

SC officials just established the largest conservation easement in history

“In order to preserve the character and culture that we have, we must have some things that we can see and touch that do not change,” Gov. Henry McMaster Oct. 29, 2025 Speaking to a crowd.....Read More

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Local

Book Review

Why did Americans revolt against Great Britain, at that time the world’s most powerful country?  What provoked Americans to start the Revolutionary War? The issues first came to a climax.....Read More

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• Real Estate News

• Opry Entertainment Group set to sign partnership with Simpsonville to manage Amphitheatre

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Money Matters

Investors Column

Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is an exciting new area of business development.  It involves both hardware (physical computers) and software (programming code) to run on computers,.....Read More

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• Finance

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• Clearing Up Some Misconceptions

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Recipes

Connie's Recipes

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Celebrations

Laurens District Genealogical Society Meeting February 12

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Street Survival Tactics

Street Survival Tactics

Welcome back Street Survivors. Seems like the year is already flying by, wasn’t Christmas last week? We are already into February, and the world is spinning ever faster. A lot of this is due to.....Read More

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Aviation News

Flying for the Fun of It – And to Eat

Flying is loads of fun – but it is a whole lot more fun when you have a purpose or destination in mind – a reason to go flying. Thelma Lou’s is a restaurant just a short walk from.....Read More

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Church

Langston Baptist Church unveils historical marker

Langston Baptist Church Unveiling On Saturday, April 26, at 4:30 the Laurens County American Revolution Committee (SC 250) and Langston Baptist Church will unveil the historical marker telling the.....Read More

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Nature

Fountain Inn Garden Club News

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Political

Council votes to re-open Hunter St.

Simpsonville City Council on Tuesday night voted 4-3 to reopen Hunter Street by Aug. 8, 2026 and to direct City staff to conduct a study on potential traffic mitigation measures for the street......Read More

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Commentary

Two heroes: Frank Serpico and Donald Trump

During the late 1960s, when I was a rookie cop in NYC, another cop, named Frank Serpico, was trying to expose corruption in the NYPD.  Although I never worked with him, I heard about some.....Read More

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Editorial

Have you lost friends because of politics?

Recently, during a social gathering, someone who reads my column regularly asked me if I had lost any friends because of my politically conservative leanings. Rather than respond with the usual.....Read More

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Sports

Coastal Carolina prepares for big game with Marshall

CONWAY SC - There should be a ruckus crowd tonight when the Thundering Herd of Marshall (4-3 overall and 2-1 SBC) rolls into Brooks Stadium tonight on ESPN2.  Coastal Carolina looks to continue.....Read More

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Obituary

Obituary

David James Ashe, 60, former resident of Simpsonville, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2026, at his home in Greenwood.  Born July 27, 1965, in Decatur, GA, David was the son of Kay Hughes Ashe.....Read More

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