Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Upstate report from HERE Greenville.
Events
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Giant LEGO cities, castles and trains are on display at the Greenville Convention Center this weekend as the Brick Fan Event returns for two days on Saturday, Nov. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 8. The expo is set up in the Woodside Conference Hall at the convention center,…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville filed suit against the builders behind The McDaniel townhomes on McBee Avenue, arguing runoff from the stalled site chewed up city ground reserved for a Swamp Rabbit Trail spur. Named on the complaint are a pair of McBee Townhomes entities along with Keene Development Group. The…
Business
GREENVILLE, S.C. — ScanSource, the Greenville technology distributor, said fiscal first-quarter net sales jumped to $962.3 million, a 30.1% gain from a year earlier, while GAAP profit slipped. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30 came in at $8.7 million, or 42 cents per diluted share, down from $19.9…
From Merger Monday
A month ago the debate over the two leading AI labs was whether they were worth $1.5 trillion or $2 trillion. This week the debate moved lower. OpenAI closed $11 billion at a $1.25 trillion valuation, below the price it first sought and far short of the $30 billion it…
Public Safety
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County deputies have rolled out Safe Outcomes, a sticker alert meant to flag cars and homes where someone with autism may need a different approach from first responders. A small marker on a rear glass or a front door is supposed to cue arriving crews that…
Politics
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville County election officials sat down Friday to sort through provisional ballots cast in this week's election, deciding which of them will be added to the county's final count. A provisional ballot is what a voter receives at the polls when a question comes up about whether…
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