National Dog Month highlights adoption opportunities at Spartanburg Humane Society
August is National Dog Month, and here in Spartanburg, we’re celebrating alongside the Spartanburg Humane Society, where you’ll find dogs of every age, shape, and size ready to find their forever family. According to Melanie Burt, Foster Coordinator and Humane Education Coordinator, Spartanburg Humane currently has 92 dogs available for adoption. “This time of year slows down for us,” says Burt. “We do about 20 to 30 adoptions a week, whereas in the summer months we see closercoser to 40 or 50 a week.” It makes sense — kids are heading back to school, people are settling back into a work routine post-vacation, and life is beginning to ease into its fall rhythm. However, according to Burt, this transitional season is actually an ideal time to introduce a new pet into the home.
Terrier football on the edge of turning huge corner
Gridiron shades of 1949, 2003 looming
Except for… No other words better describe how close Wofford College football came in 2025 to a landmark season.
Meet Your Neighbor
From aerospace engineering to hotdogs: Kyle ‘Cowboy’ Childers carries on a Spartanburg tradition
For over 70 years, Holmes Hotdogs has been a staple of the Spartanburg community, serving hotdogs and the famous Holmes family chili.
Originally owned by Walt Holmes and his family, the restaurant’s legacy has been carried on for the past four years by Kyle “Cowboy” Childers — a Boiling Springs native committed to keeping the beloved local hub alive.
Childers says that Holmes Hotdogs has been a part of his life since he first became a regular around the age of 15. “I got to know the owners Rob and Treva Webb very well, and I used to joke that if nobody in their family wanted it, I’d take it over one day.”
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New Middle Tyger Education Center opens in Spartanburg County
SPARTANBURG COUNTY — A yearslong effort to expand access to quality child care in the Upstate reached a milestone Aug. 14 with the opening of the new Middle Tyger Education Center.
The $19 million facility officially opened its doors during a ceremony attended by South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, Spartanburg County School District Five Superintendent Dr. Randall Gary, former state Rep. Rita Allison and hundreds of community supporters, investors and partners.
The 48,000-square-foot center is designed to significantly expand Middle Tyger Community Center's ability to provide early childhood education and child care to families in the Spartanburg area.
The Cook's Corner
From The Shrimp Man to Sellers Seafood: A fresh take on summer dinner
There comes a point in August when Spartanburg is simply hot. Not “summer is so nice” hot. Not “let’s sit on the patio” hot. It’s walk-outside-and-immediately-question-your-plans hot.
With temperatures hanging around the 90s this week, dinner needs to understand the assignment. Enter chilled shrimp rolls: cold, lemony shrimp piled into warm buttery rolls with sweet summer corn on the side. They taste a little like something you’d order on vacation, without requiring a drive anywhere near the coast.
And if you live in Spartanburg, sourcing the shrimp can be part of the fun.
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Every SC student to get free breakfast with state funding
Legislators spent $2.8 million to cover breakfasts not already included in a federal program
COLUMBIA — Every K-12 student in South Carolina’s public schools will be able to eat breakfast for free this year with funding included in the state budget.
The $2.8 million included in the spending package that went into effect Monday is expected to cover the cost of breakfasts this school year for all students who don’t already qualify under another program, regardless of their parents’ income, according to the Department of Education.
“Every student deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential, and access to a healthy breakfast is one important way to support that goal,” agency spokesman Kinard Lisbon said in a statement.
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Cybersecurity: Shielding systems, fighting off hackers for nearly four decades
June breach of Spartanburg County systems shows need for greater protection
On Nov. 3, 1988, long before most of the world would hear of dot-com and cyberspace, Eugene Spafford, an assistant professor of computer science at Purdue University, awoke to a peculiar problem: he could not log into his school computer from home.
At first, he thought his machine just needed rebooting.
“But later I started looking at system logs on that machine, and some others,” said Spafford, now a distinguished professor of computer science entering his 40th year at Purdue. “And I found evidence that [a computer worm] had been present.”
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Spartanburg County Foundation honored for preserving Revolutionary-era landmark
Spartanburg, S.C. — At a time when the nation is commemorating its 250th anniversary, a piece of that history in Spartanburg County stands renewed – and newly recognized. The Spartanburg County Foundation has been awarded the Stewardship Award as part of the 2026 South Carolina Historic Preservation Awards, honoring its leadership in restoring the Walnut Grove Manor House, one of the Upstate’s significant Revolutionary-era sites.
Foundation President and CEO Troy Hanna accepted the award at the South Carolina State House, marking a milestone not only for the organization but for the broader community that rallied behind the preservation effort.
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New recreation complex expected to bring bonanza to Spartanburg’s east side
Ask anyone who doesn’t live within 20 miles of Cowpens which county the town is in. Chances are you will get a pause and then a likely guess for Cherokee County.
Bible Trivia
1. Is the book of Hosea (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. Which gospel does not contain the Olivet prophecy? Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
3. The prophecy of Obadiah is basically about what nation? Shem, Edom, Tabor, Nebo
4. Who said, “Rabbi” and kissed Jesus? Alexander, Mark, Mordecai, Judas
5. David was what relation to Boaz? Brother, Son, Grandson, Great-grandson
6. Who was Nun’s son? Jehoshaphat, Joshua, Zacchaeus, Meshach
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