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View Comments Despite a series of last-minute concessions offered by a landowner and homebuilding company, Greenville County Council members refused Tuesday to approve a rezoning request for a 428-home subdivision on Old Grove Road. As a result of the council's 7-5 vote, the 152-acre tract near Grove Elementary School will have to go through the rezoning process again, and that could take months. In an effort to get the rezoning for the Grant Park subdivision approved, landowner Phil Hughes offered to set aside 17 acres of the property for up to 100 affordably priced homes. Meritage Homes a...

“Please, please, let’s not have an Atlanta," said Thomas Faulkner of Friends of Lake Robinson. Saturday's meeting at County Square came after County Council Chairman Willis Meadows proposed in March the repeal of a land-development rule known as Article 3.1. The rule requires new subdivisions to have adequate roads. It also says they must be compatible with environmental conditions and surrounding land-use density. ARTICLE 3 GENERAL SUBDIVISION REQUIREMENTS 3.1 Review Criteria: Submitted subdivisions may be approved if they meet all of the following criteria: • Adequate existing infras...

Desperate Scot staged armed stand-off with cops in cry for mental health help Gareth Evans armed himself with a hammer and a knife and started making threats in Paisley town centre in an attempt to raise awareness of his plight. Officers traced Evans on Smithhills Street (Image: Google Maps) Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Yo...

The largest redevelopment project in Greenville history will be valued at $1 billion, according to the county's proposal, and will bring an urban feel to University Ridge, transforming 37½ acres of county government headquarters into high-end home, retail and office towers — one of which will be the new hub for county government administration. Developers are working on:  Exploring ways to resolve traffic issues around the site.  Working with the Governor's School to ensure pedestrian connectivity to the Swamp Rabbit Trail.  Construction on the office building is underway and estimat...

Now that the new Johnson County Courthouse in Olathe is open, work will begin to demolish the old courthouse. The new courthouse opened to the public Jan. 7 at the northeast corner of Kansas Avenue and Santa Fe Street in Olathe, so the new building will be knocked down beginning in April.