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Greer Police hope posting traffic safety information online will help curb the amount of collisions within the city.

The new initiative announced last week will allow authorities to display the location, time and cause of wrecks on the city’s website.

Dr. Colleen Perry Keith, president of Spartanburg Methodist College since 2009, was recently named president of Pfeiffer University.

The school has campuses in Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham and is a sister college in the United Methodist connection.

A recent market analysis report, conducted by consulting firm Kimley-Horn, says the City of Greer should demolish the former Allen Bennett Memorial Hospital building, which occupies more than 168,000-square-feet on Wade Hampton Boulevard at Memorial Drive Extension.

The Greer Fire Department could soon fill several staffing voids, garnering approval from city council to seek SAFER (Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response) grants last week.

Editors note: This is the third of a four part series that will run each week in February in honor of Black History Month.

As local residents reflect on African American history during the month of February, Greer’s museum is hoping to tell stories from the community.

BMW Manufacturing became the nation’s leading automotive exporter last week, producing more than 260,000 vehicles from the Greer plant in 2014.

Prom Project 2015
Is taking dress now
District Five Family Ministries at the Middle Tyger Community Center and Wellspring Treasures in Spartanburg are currently taking prom dress donations for students unable to afford a prom dress otherwise.

The City of Greer will lose nearly 40 years of service this spring, as one of its own gets set to retire.

Greer Fire Chief Chris Harvey will hang it up on May 1, completing 38 years of work in Greer.