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SPARTANBURG — Downtown Spartanburg is full of music and art — weekly free concerts, countless murals, numerous art galleries — but did you know this isn’t a coincidence?

Antavius Kyleen Jones, 16, was reported missing on Tuesday, out of West Columbia.

The body of a young Wayne County boy was discovered Thursday morning after he apparently drowned.

A South Carolina man is facing charges after authorities say he took a teenage girl out of the state.

Mathew Driggers, 14, was last seen Tuesday at his home in North Charleston, South Carolina.

A South Carolina elementary school teacher has been arrested and fired, according to authorities.

Cheyenne Rogers, 17, was last seen at her home in North Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday.

Beaufort joined other SC municipalities to pass a hate crime ordinance. The measure passed unanimously and will serve as an enhancement to other criminal charges.

A panel of economists overwhelmingly agreed that the influx of skilled immigrants is helping to ease the loss of highly educated native-born Ohioans. They were much more ambivalent about whether lower-skilled immigrants are depressing wages for everyone.

The now-former vice chair of Mason's Planning Commission is in the Wells County Jail in Indiana after being arraigned on charges including soliciting a child "to engage in sexual intercourse."