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The Spartanburg Sheriffs Office was sued for refusing to release Operation Rolling Thunder records. Rolling Thunder disproportionately stops Black and Hispanic drivers.

After years of planning, saving, and building, Spartanburg County opened its brand-new courthouse to the public Monday.

The new Spartanburg County Courthouse is scheduled to open to the public on Jan. 22 with construction now complete on the 344,000-square-foot building.

In Spartanburg County, more than 55 percent of voters voted in favor of continuing a penny sales tax.

Spartanburg County voters on Nov. 7 chose to continue the 1 percent sales tax for six more years, this time to pay for road work.

OneSpartanburg pushes 1 percent penny sales tax to fix Spartanburg roads ahead of a ballot referendum on Nov. 7. If passed, the local tax would pay for 577 road projects

The facility, located near Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, moves cargo via rail to the ports in Charleston, where they are shipped out of state.

KDP continues the development of its state-of-the-art coffee roasting and manufacturing facility in Spartanburg County and plans to create an estimated 250 new jobs by 2027.

In Spartanburg, business owners are backing a penny sales tax coming up for a vote. The tax would cover fixing dangerous road, according to county officials.

Keurig Dr. Pepper plans to invest another $100 million and create 250 new jobs at its Spartanburg County facility by 2027, officials said Thursday.