Seth Taylor

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — A "monstrosity."That’s how neighbors described a proposed high-rise complex on the north end of Greenville's downtown with three buildings, one parking garage, 600 apartments and 750 parking spaces — all rising as many as 15 stories high. At a June Design Review Board meeting, opponents said the project at the corner of Main and Academy streets would create traffic problems and endanger pedestrians.

1 week ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — Greenville County Sheriff’s deputies shot one man in the back, injuring him, and another through a window, killing him, as part of a spate of shootings in April and May, according to newly released body camera footage. In the first incident, footage shows a deputy shooting Terry Eugene Rhodes Jr. in the back as he sprinted away with a handgun. Rhodes, wanted for alleged domestic violence, later recovered.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — A question over a 19-space parking lot has become a sharply debated referendum on the future of Greenville Senior High School, the city’s growing downtown and a neighborhood already damaged by decades of blight and then gentrification. On the surface, it’s a simple question of whether to allow Greenville High to rezone a small property on Ansel Street across from the school’s downtown campus to build a parking lot.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — After an emotional, sometimes tense meeting in which dozens of people showed up to oppose the city's proposal to crack down on homelessness by banning public sleeping or camping, City Council members agreed to back down — for now. The City Council voted to postpone discussion of the ordinance until August and indicated they would make significant changes.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — A spate of violence at a major Upstate mall is putting pressure on officials to make sure visitors can shop safely. Three fights have broken out at Haywood Mall, which is one of the state’s largest malls, in less than a month. The latest fight ended when a teen fired a gun in the parking lot, according to law enforcement. No one has been seriously injured in the fights but they have raised safety questions among some customers.