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…
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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…
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…
Student housing brings cops to Greenville Tech
Since Greenville Tech opened itsstudent housing in September, six students have been kicked outbecause of criminal violations ranging from drug and alcoholviolations to assault. And police have been called to…
Georgia killer’s arrest offers hope for Clemson case
Before Jason Knapp’s mother left hisUniversity Terrace apartment near Clemson University in spring 1998to go home to Pennsylvania, she filled a backpack from her20-year-old son’s room with a change of…
Know thy neighbor
“When a meeting prevents Lashaun Scott from picking up her son at school, he sometimes walks the few blocks to meet her. It’s a walk that Scott won’t let him…
Women behind bars
In many of the small, stark cells wherethe women of Leath Correctional Institution sleep, three neatly keptbunks squeeze into space barely large enough for two. The maximum security penitentiary builton…
Wrecks pile up
“Greenville County sheriff’s deputieshit seven deer, two coyotes and one dog in 2005. One city cop damaged the windshield of his squad car tossing his handcuffs on the dashboard. Even the…
Wrecks pile up
“Greenville County sheriff’s deputieshit seven deer, two coyotes and one dog in 2005. One city cop damaged the windshield ofhis squad car tossing his handcuffs on the dashboard. Even the…
The will to fight back
Editor’s note: Earlier this week, theGreenville Journal’s April Silvaggio met the teenager who was rapedsix weeks ago on the eastside and talked with her parents. Theirnames are being withheld to…
Friends bolster rape investigation
Editor’s Note: Earlier this week, theGreenville Journal’s April Silvaggio met with two longtime friendsof the father of the teenager who was raped seven weeks ago on theEastside. Their names are…