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Conor Hughes

Greenville

Reporter at Post and Courier

Greenville County reporter for @PCGreenville | Tips to [email protected]

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  • Greenville County is a hotspot for evictions. Could a special court for housing help?

    1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Conor Hughes

    Greenville County remains one of the worst counties in one of the worst states for eviction rates. In the past year, landlords in the area have filed close to 15,000 notices, according to data from the Princeton Eviction Lab. That's one for every five renters, setting Greenville County's rate at close to three times the national average. It's a longstanding issue in the area that can have wide-reaching reaching consequences for the renters it affects.

  • SC death row inmate Steven Bixby's execution pushed to at least end of summer

    2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Conor Hughes

    GREENVILLE — More than two decades after gunning down two law enforcement officers in Abbeville County, prompting a more than 12-hour shootout with police, death row inmate Steven Bixby appeared in court April 4 as the state considers whether he's competent to be executed. The status conference at the Greenville County Courthouse comes three weeks after the South Carolina Supreme Court stayed Bixby's execution in a 3-2 ruling. Tenth Circuit Judge R.

  • See that smokestack? Here's a guide to 10 of the historic textile mills that once powered Greenville

    3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Conor Hughes

    GREENVILLE — Throughout Greenville County, red brick behemoths tower above the buildings surrounding them, dominating city skylines and dwarfing the villages huddled at their base. These sprawling giants of Greenville County's past are the mills that earned the city and surrounding area the moniker "textile capital of the world" for much of the 20th Century.

  • Lit cigarettes were the source of the Table Rock wildfire, 4 teens now charged, authorities say

    3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Conor Hughes

    PICKENS — Four teens hiking in Table Rock State Park on March 21 allegedly started the wildfire that has grown to more than 13,000 acres by failing to properly put out cigarettes, according to a release from the state Forestry Commission. Now, those hikers face criminal charges. Tristan William Tyler, 18, of Greenville; 19-year-old Nyzaire Jah-Neiz Marsh of Taylors; and 18-year-old Isaac Wilson of Greenville face charges of negligently allowing fire to spread to lands of another.

  • The bid to dissolve a Greenville trash agency has died. But a compromise may still limit its reach,

    3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Conor Hughes

    GREENVILLE — South Carolina lawmakers have killed a bill that would have eliminated a large public trash agency in Greenville County. The move comes after that legislation sparked wide spread outcry from the agency's customers and local leaders.

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Conor Hughes @ConorJHughes
10 Dec 24

RT @PCGreenville: Facing imminent closure, Pickens Co.'s only no-kill animal shelter hopes for 'Christmas miracle' https://t.co/YlIKWud99j

Conor Hughes
Conor Hughes @ConorJHughes
10 Dec 24

RT @PCGreenville: Redevelopment of Greenville municipal courthouse may include 1934 American Legion building https://t.co/jzTG1ThFZz

Conor Hughes
Conor Hughes @ConorJHughes
10 Dec 24

RT @PCGreenville: SC's largest county faces a seismic political shift. Leaders are taking major action before it happens. https://t.co/76zy…