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Upstate police, deputies, fire crews and emergency medical services were called Monday afternoon to a U.S. Army property about a suspicious package.

A man is dead after being hit by a car leaving an Upstate parking lot Friday afternoon, according to police.

A shooting has been reported at an Upstate pizza restaurant, according to police.

A tractor-trailer landed on a car in a crash in Spartanburg, South Carolina, according to police.

A plane has landed on a street in Spartanburg, knocking down several powerlines on the down, according to police.

The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday is set to decide whether to ask voters if they want to directly elect a mayor, and if they want to elect six commissioners by districts.

Anxiety turned into hope and then into relief Tuesday night as voting results for Kansas’ abortion amendment came in to election watch parties in Lawrence. Melinda Lavon, of Vote No Kansas, said the outcome was a triumph of organization.

Lawrence city commissioners begrudgingly approved changes to the city’s sanctuary ordinance on Tuesday, stripping it of some protections for immigrants, to fall in line with state law.

A man wanted for a murder in Spartanburg was arrested Tuesday night, according to Maj. Art Littlejohn with Spartanburg Police Department.

Upstate police are asking for help solving a homicide that happened in the downtown area last month.