Spartanburg residents hope for more outdoor space, healthy food options with new initiative Ashley Dill, Herald-Journal
The Mary Black Rail Trail, a two-mile trail just south of Downtown Spartanburg, is often busy with runners, walkers, and bicyclists, giving locals the chance to enjoy the outdoors. It provides a place for residents to exercise safely and get to know Spartanburg.
Cynthia and Jamie Olley of Spartanburg often walk the Rail Trail while their daughter takes swimming lessons at the YMCA of Greater Spartanburg.
“While she’s swimming, we walk,” Cynthia said.
Spartanburg residents may have some new health and wellness initiatives on the horizon thanks to the announcement of a new collaborative of the Mary Black Foundation and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System.
Viral Facebook post prompts outrage over adults passed out, with child inside car
Three adults, child were found slumped over inside a parked car at Li’l Cricket on Gap Creek Road. Share Updated: 7:42 PM EST Jan 30, 2021
Viral Facebook post prompts outrage over adults passed out, with child inside car
Three adults, child were found slumped over inside a parked car at Li’l Cricket on Gap Creek Road. Share Updated: 7:42 PM EST Jan 30, 2021
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Show Transcript WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED. CAROL: THE ACTIONS OF A QUICK-THINKING WOMAN IN SPARTANBURG COUNTY MAY HAVE SAVED THE LIFE OF A CHILD. AND THE STORY OF THE SITUATION IS GOING VIRAL. WE WANT TO WARN YOU, SOME IMAGES IN THIS STORY ARE ALARMING. OUR STEPHANIE TROTTER JOINS US NEAR THE CONVENIENCE STORE WHERE IT HAPPENED IN GREER. STEPHANIE: GOOD EVENING. WE MET NATASHA TODAY. SHE ONLY WANTS HER FIRST NAME SHOWN AND DOES NOT WANT HER FACE SHOWN. SHE HAD GOTTEN OFF WORK THURSDAY AND STOP
Joann Burriss sits inside her quiet room when two pharmacists suddenly enter.
They wear gloves, a protective vest, a face shield and masks. They push a cart carrying syringes and vials of a clear liquid.
The 87-year-old knows why they’re here.
“I ve read a lot about this, Burriss says, as the pharmacist from Walgreens prepares her upper arm for an injection. This is for that bug that’s been going around,”
Burriss was among the first residents at Summit Hills senior living community in Spartanburg to receive the COVID-19 vaccination Wednesday morning. Other residents, and employees, will get a dose of the shot on Monday.