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Bob Dalton

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Inman, SC, United States

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Drag-racing writer Bobby Bennett on slow road to recovery after battle with COVID-19

Bobby Bennett took a shallow breath, then another.White-hot pain tore at his chest, and in the grips of a fever he bowed his head.“God, just take me home,” he prayed. “I can’t take this anymore.”It was March 20, a full week after he first began to exhibit the symptoms of the COVID-19 coronavirus and nearly two weeks after a red-eye flight brought him home from Los Angeles.“People on the plane… → Read More

Commentary: Signs of hope in downtown Spartanburg on the first night of spring

On the first night of spring in downtown Spartanburg, Nate Coyle stood out like a big, blue island of hope in an ocean of despair.On a normal Thursday → Read More

YMCA closing, opening doors in response to coronavirus pandemic

The YMCA of Greater Spartanburg is closing its doors and opening them at the same time.The organization will suspend use of its facilities – The → Read More

Sheriff’s Office charges USC Upstate student suspected in string of arsons

The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a USC Upstate student in connection with a string of recent fires on campus.Brandon Michael Burt, 19, of Suwanee, Ga., is charged with third degree arson. He was booked into the Spartanburg County jail at about 4:30 p.m. Monday.The Sheriff’s Office declined to release an incident report, saying the investigation is still active despite Burt’s… → Read More

Spartanburg in the running for electric vehicle assembly facility

Spartanburg is one of seven finalists for a Canadian electric vehicle manufacturer looking to build its first U.S. facility.ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. → Read More

NASCAR Foundation honors Project Hope chairman Joe Vaughn

Joe Vaughn never imagined that his passion for NASCAR racing would one day blend with his love for the Project Hope Foundation.Vaughn, a Woodruff resident, → Read More

Curtain falls on Panthers training camp in Spartanburg

Jesse Ferguson figures he'll have to find something new to do for a few weeks next summer. For the past 25 years, Ferguson, 56, and his family → Read More

Commentary: After 25 years, Panthers giving Spartanburg a participation trophy

Every game has a winner and a loser.We learn that from an early age. Even when we don’t keep score, even when we hand out participation trophies, → Read More

Teaching the community to recognize and report child abuse

The house looks like a child’s worst nightmare. Roaches and mice scurry around piles of trash. Dirty dishes are piled everywhere. Empty liquor bottles litter every room. A portable meth lab hidden in a backpack sits in a hallway. For Jennifer Parker, the founding and executive director of USC Upstate’s Child Protection Training Center, it’s the perfect tool in her fight against all types of… → Read More

Prosecuting child sexual assault cases often 'an uphill battle'

Paul Adam Reed was looking at some serious jail time. Reed was 20 years old in 2010, when he was charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a → Read More

Victims of child sexual abuse walk unnoticed among us every day. It's time to see them.

Janie was 14 years old the first time John sexually assaulted her. Thanks to time and mercy, many of the details of the next two years are fuzzy. But not → Read More

Gowdy, Peeler remember Sen. Fritz Hollings

Trey Gowdy wonders if his career would have taken a different path if not for Fritz Hollings. Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, 7th Circuit Solicitor → Read More

Fans gobble up Clemson gear in early-morning shopping spree

Hannah Pettit looked as out of place as a Gamecocks fan at a Clemson party.That's because, well, she was a Gamecocks fan at a Clemson party.Pettit, wearing a long-sleeve T-shirt with "Carolina" emblazoned on the front, stood in line outside Academy Sports and Outdoors on Spartanburg's west side early Tuesday morning, waiting for her chance to get inside and pick out some Clemson national… → Read More

Trey Gowdy to return to prominent South Carolina law firm after leaving Congress

U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy’s personal homecoming will be a professional one, too. Gowdy will go to work for the high-powered law firm Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough when he leaves Congress in January, a source familiar with the move told the Herald-Journal. Gowdy, a Spartanburg Republican, worked for the firm in the 1990s before becoming a federal prosecutor. The Post and Courier of Charleston,… → Read More

BMW debuts Spartanburg-produced X7 at Los Angeles Auto Show

LOS ANGELES — Call it the ultimate Ultimate Driving Machine. BMW lifted the curtain on the X7 — the biggest, baddest member of its sports activity vehicle lineup — Wednesday morning at the Los Angeles Convention Center. What better place to introduce the new kid to the world than the City of Angels, where new dreams and dreamers arrive every day? The venue itself has appeared in scenes of movies… → Read More

Made in Spartanburg: BMW unveils fourth-generation X5 in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — The grand old man has a new look. While the world premiere of the BMW X7 has gotten most of the attention, the automaker also pulled off the cover of the fourth-generation of the Spartanburg County-produced X5 — the original member of the X family — Wednesday morning at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The new version has muscled up a bit. It’s 1.1 inches longer, an inch taller and 2.6… → Read More

Could Trey Gowdy be the next Supreme Court justice?

Fourth District Congressman Trey Gowdy’s plans for life after politics could be about to change, if U.S. Sen. Tim Scott has anything to say about it. → Read More

Trey Gowdy talks leaving Congress, next chapter

Trey Gowdy’s view of Washington has improved dramatically during his time in Congress. During his first term, he gazed out upon a concrete wall from his office in the Longworth building. Today, he can see the Capitol and the Supreme Court. Gowdy’s view of what goes on in Washington also has shifted drastically. He no longer sees a shining city on the hill. After seven years, he’s staring at… → Read More

49ers not giving up on B.J. Johnson

The former Woodruff High star was placed on IR after a partial tear in his hamstring. → Read More

After five days of practice, Panthers happy to reach a day off

With the first week of training camp in the books and a day off looming, Carolina Panthers running back Fozzy Whitaker was headed to Charlotte to do some → Read More