Seth Taylor

1 day ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor |Max White

GREENVILLE — Some South Carolina cities are reimagining their downtowns, kicking cars out and inviting visitors to stroll the empty lanes instead. Cities like Charleston, Spartanburg, Fountain Inn and Laurens have temporarily or permanently created pedestrian plazas by shutting down streets and parking areas in their commercial districts. Greenville, which has long prided itself on its walkable features, just recently started experimenting with keeping its Main Street closed on weekends.

1 day ago | aikenstandard.com | Seth Taylor |Max White

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2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

FOUNTAIN INN — Upstate cities and counties are racing to keep up with growth by paving new roads, hiring new staff and building new facilities — all at the cost of millions of dollars. Some are now exploring a new option: making developers foot the bill. It’s part of a growing movement to implement a fee developers must pay before building new homes or businesses. The impact fee, as it's called, is supposed to help cover the cost to serve growing areas.

2 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — Greenville police say an officer shot a man who was "acting suspiciously" and holding garden shears in the Nicholtown community over the weekend. The man's status is unclear, said a spokesperson for the State Law Enforcement Division, which is investigating the shooting. The Greenville County Coroner's Office said he had not died. At 9:40 a.m. May 18, police received a report of a person acting suspiciously and crawling through the woods near Maco Terrace in Nicholtown.

3 weeks ago | postandcourier.com | Seth Taylor

GREENVILLE — Northern Pickens and Greenville counties are under a flood watch and almost all of the Upstate is expected to see hazardous weather as a storm system rolls through the Southeast. Much of the rain is expected to land in the Blue Ridge Mountains, raising the specter of flooding from Helene that ravaged the region. But flooding that severe is not expected this time around, according to the National Weather Service.