Here's your local news at a glance for Wednesday, the 28th of October.
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🏘️ Community
Spartanburg honored native Kitty Black Perkins, designer of the first Black Barbie, by unveiling signs on Oct.
27 that designate Beacon Street as Kitty Black Perkins Boulevard after City Council unanimously approved the nomination Oct. 26.
💼 Business
Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken opened at 2161 East Main Street across from Spartanburg High, restoring an east-side location that closed in 2014 while owner Harris Mullis plans additional local spots; a ribbon-cutting is set for Thursday, Oct.
29 at 10 a.m. (first 50 guests get free two-piece meals).
🎭 Culture
Betsy Teter launched her new book A Carnival of Crime Tuesday, Oct.
27 at 6 p.m. in the Barrett Room at the Spartanburg Headquarters Library with a discussion led by Converse professor Erin Templeton, and copies are available at Hub City Bookshop.
🌲 Environment
TreesUpstate will host a volunteer tree-planting at Riverbend Athletic Complex on Saturday, Nov.
7, from 9 a.m. to noon; BMW is sponsoring, and TreesUpstate will supply tools and gloves (families should check age guidance and students can get service-hour paperwork).
🏛️ Government
Sterling Anderson, 84, a former Spartanburg City Council member and state legislator, has died and was remembered at the Oct.
26 council meeting for his decades of public service. He helped create the park and playground at Spartanburg Downtown Memorial Airport, received the Order of the Palmetto in 1983, and is survived by his wife Jane and four children.
🏥 Health
Spartanburg Regional Foundation’s Physician Giving Society awarded $30,000 on Oct.
14 to create a dedicated breastmilk preparation space in Spartanburg Medical Center’s NICU, moving milk work out of shared areas to centralize processes, add milk technicians, and boost safety + family-centered care.
🏈 Sports
South Carolina will try to avoid the SEC post-win slump when it plays at Oklahoma on Saturday, Oct.
31 (4:15 p.m. ET on SEC Network) after beating No. 11 Tennessee 27-24 on Oct. 24.
Furman football coach Clay Hendrix announced he will retire at the end of the season after 29 years with the program, two Southern Conference titles, and a 62-49 record.
The Paladins (2-6, 1-3 Southern Conference) will host Western Carolina on Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. on ESPN+ and play their final home game Nov. 14 against Chattanooga.
Dorman defeated Eastside 3-1 in Round 2 of the SCHSL playoffs on Oct.
26 at Paula Kirkland Arena, with senior setter Abbey Helle fueling the offense. The Cavaliers will face River Bluff in the quarterfinals today at Paula Kirkland Arena (Roebuck).
You can vote now for the Upstate Ingles high school girls athlete of the week for Oct.
19-25; the unlimited poll closes at noon on Oct. 29 and nominees include Abbey Helle of Dorman, Dacie Green of Chesnee, Sarah Smith of Daniel, and Lauren McKinney of Mauldin.
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