Living Here

Each spring, local Ivey Tapp hosts her annual Birthday Food Drive to help feed the hungry through Greer Community Ministries’ (GCM) outreach.

A local nonprofit organization recently received a generous grant from Greenville Women Giving.

Safe Harbor, the recipient of the grant, is a nonprofit organization that helps victims of domestic violence in need of a safe place to go.

Motherhood isn’t easy. Sometimes, motherhood is a choice––a path that is prayed upon for years before a door opens, and sometimes, the natural path to motherhood isn’t a path frequently traveled.

For Greer mother Jenna Weaver, dedicating her life to unconventional motherhood was the most natural choice she could have made.

On Saturday, April 29, a Bob Jones University (BJU) student from Taylors was honored at The Brodys event ceremony.

The BJU Athletic Department hosted student-athletes, family, and friends for the annual Brodys awards ceremony to celebrate accomplishments from the 2022-23 academic year.

The first Aspiring Cosmetologist Award was presented on May 4 at an award ceremony at Swofford Career Center in Inman.

Dennis Funk, business partner to Amy Taylor, partially owns Carolina Charm Salon and Spa in Duncan and decided this year to start awarding graduating cosmetologists in the area.

The Chick-fil-A in Greer recently gave a Remarkable Future Scholarship to 18 deserving student employees.

The scholarship totaled $37,000, which was split among the recipients.

The scholarship opportunity was open to all Chick-fil-A employees across the country.

Editor’s Note — This is the Part 2 of our story on Cecilia Reynolds, who worked over three decades in SC’s maximum security prisons.

If you talk to anyone who ever set foot in Columbia’s notorious Central Correctional Institution (CCI), odds are the first thing you’ll hear about is the tunnel.

Editor’s Note: This is the first story of a series about the men and women who served at Central Correctional Institution, the state’s first maximum-security prison that operated from 1866 -1994.

Cecilia Reynolds exudes a rare and impressive mix of pride and humility.