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S.C. parents charged with allowing underage drinking at prom party

...has been arrested and charged with allowing underage drinking and drug use at an after-prom party at their home.Greenville County sheriff's deputies responded to a home early Sunday morning after getting a complaint.Deputies say they found...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-01/sc-parents-charged-allowing-u
SC toddler run over, dies

...GREENVILLE, S.C. - Authorities say a 3-year-old girl has died after she was run over by an abandoned car. Greenville County deputy coroner Jeff Fowler says Jashay Dodd and another girl were playing Sunday afternoon in an unoccupied sedan...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/sc-toddler-run-over-dies
SC boy, 2, accidentally shoots self

GREENVILLE, S.C. - A 2-year-old Greenville County boy has been hospitalized after authorities say he accidentally shot himself with his father's gun.Deputies say the boy and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2013-04-21/sc-boy-2-accidentally-shoots
Across South Carolina

...problemGREENVILLE, S.C. - Parents of children who attend a Greenville County elementary school are receiving warnings of bat sightings...at the school again.Oby Lyles, a spokesman for Greenville County Schools, said bats were seen Thursday coming and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-16/across-south-carolina
Across South Carolina

...police sayGREENVILLE, S.C. - Authorities in Greenville County have accused a man of making almost 40 fake 911 calls dating back to July 2010.The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said Ralph Roan Lawson, 43...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-23/across-south-carolina
1 shot dead at South Carolina police station

...Authorities say a suspect has been shot and killed following a confrontation with officers in the parking lot of the Greenville County Law Enforcement Center.The shooting occurred about 3 a.m. Monday.Police say an officer was walking to his...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-01-14/1-shot-dead-sc-police-
Abbeville County sheriff pleads guilty to misconduct

...vehicles and using a state inmate to do work for himself and his friends.Goodwin had been scheduled for arraignment in Greenville County court, but attorney Chad Jenkins said his client wanted to plead guilty."He messed up. He knows it," Jenkins...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-01-18/abbeville-county-sheri
Success of BMW plant spawned debate over tax incentives

...from the Great Recession, as unemployment soared past 11 percent three years ago.Still, per capita income in Greenville County was $26,547 in 2010, about $3,200 more than the South Carolina average.BMW also has put an emphasis on...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-24/success-bmw-plant-spawned-
SC highway deaths rise for second straight year, to 833

...crackdowns.The Highway Patrol won't know for months how many of the 2012 deaths were caused by drunken drivers.Greenville County reported the most deaths with 65, followed by 51 deaths in Richland County and 48 deaths each in Lexington and Spartanburg...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-01/sc-highway-deaths-rise-second
Across South Carolina

...S.C. - A winter weather system brought snow to parts of South Carolina on Saturday, forcing some closings.Greenville County schools canceled all school-related activities scheduled for Saturday afternoon and evening.Snow fell in parts...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-16/across-south-carolina