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A 17-year-old Blue Ridge High School student has been arrested on charges relating to possession and dissemination of child pornography.

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The American Red Cross said its volunteers are assisting 24 people whose homes were damaged in an apartment fire Monday morning in Taylors.

The fire broke out at the Kensington Apartments around 8 a.m. according to Chief Bobby Baker with the Taylors Fire Department.

A Taylors man will serve life in prison for the murder of a 24-year-old Spartanburg County woman, Solicitor Barry Barnette announced last week.

Lance Antonio Brewton, 39, was found guilty of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime at the conclusion of a three-day jury trial.

Greer residents Daniel Dean Beals, 49, and Mason James Beals, 18, died Sunday in a vehicle accident on Gibbs Shoals Road.

Daniel was the driver of the motor vehicle that was traveling at a high rate of speed westbound on Gibbs Shoals Road in Greer, according to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office report.

A Beech Springs Intermediate student has been removed from campus after officials say he brought a BB gun to school.

According to information from Spartanburg District Five, a bus driver alerted the district’s public safety team about the incident last Tuesday.

(Note: All information contained in the following was taken directly from the official incident reports filed by the City of Greer Police Department. All suspects are to be considered innocent until proven guilty in the court of law.)

A Greer man is facing charges of domestic violence, kidnapping and unlawful conduct towards a child following a six hour standoff with police last Thursday.

An inmate who died while in custody at the Greer Detention Center Tuesday morning committed suicide, officials with the Greenville County Coroner’s office say.

The incident occurred at around 2:30 a.m. Police say they found a 50-year-old male who had hanged himself and immediately began resuscitation efforts.