Lyn Riddle

6 days ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Lyn Riddle

After declaring bankruptcy last year, Big Lots will open 54 stores by May 1, including four in South Carolina. The South Carolina stores will be located at:2349 Cherry Road Suite 79, Rock Hill1000 N Pine St., Spartanburg915 S St, Suite A, Simpsonville 1023A S Pendleton St., EasleyVariety Wholesalers, a Henderson, North Carolina-based company that also owns Roses, has obtained the leases on the 54 stores in 12 states across the South and Midwest, Fast Company reported.

1 week ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Lyn Riddle

Twelve puppies were stashed in a cooler with the word puppy spray painted on it and left in front of a Greenville County business. By the time the property owner saw the cooler the next day, all the puppies were dead. Greenville County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Ryan Flood said. Two men have been arrested: Samuel Blease Smith, 56, and Brandon Lee Bennefield, 32, both of Greenville, and charged with 12 counts of abandonment of animals and 12 counts of ill treatment of animals. Bond was set at $72,000 bond.

1 week ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Lyn Riddle

The venerable Bertha’s Kitchen in Charleston was recently deemed the best hole in the wall spot for fried chicken in South Carolina by cheapism.com. Established in 1979 by Albertha Grant and now run by her daughters, the restaurant often has a line of people waiting to sample not just the chicken but also red rice, sweet corn bread and lima beans over rice. It is located in a simple blue-painted building in North Charleston.

1 week ago | thestate.com | Lyn Riddle

A 20-bed outpatient hospital has been proposed for the east side of Greenville County, an area replete with medical services including facilities owned by the area’s two major medical providers, Prisma Health and Bon Secours St. Francis Health Center. Novant Health, a nonprofit with about 900 locations in North and South Carolina, intends to build a $132 million hospital on more than 11 acres off Patewood Drive.

1 week ago | thestate.com | Lyn Riddle

An 8,138 square-foot home on the Ashley River in Charleston recently sold for $15.2 million, the second highest residential sale on the peninsula, according to Daniel Ravenel Sotheby’s International Realty. Realtor Middleton Rutledge represented the sellers, Rom and Renee Reddy. Rutledge also represented the couple when they bought the home at 18 Murray Boulevard for $6.5 million in 2024. The Reddys spent the past year renovating the house that was built in 1991.