Construction on Abner Creek Middle School in Spartanburg School District 5 is complete and will open for students in August. The project cost $52 million.
Fostering, adopting make Mother s Day sweeter for SC family Follow Us
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Todd and Andrea Forringer with their adopted son Jackson, 18, at the family home in Chesnee, S.C., Wednesday, May 5, 2021. Jackson said he didn’t have any expectation of getting adopted at 16 because “who adopts a 16 year old . more >CHESNEE, S.C. (AP) - Mother’s Day is for homemade cards, brunches, flowers and candy.
This year, it will be even sweeter for one Upstate family thanks to them saying “yes” to a question and a call they never expected.
Andrea Forringer remembers her husband, Todd, coming home from a work trip in 2015 and suggesting they should consider becoming foster parents. Andrea admits she was initially apprehensive about the thought of fostering children.
Six file for Spartanburg County Council District 6 seat
Five of the hopefuls are Republicans, and one is Democrat.
The seat became vacant last month when Nutt resigned to be sworn into his state legislative seat. Nutt, a Republican, was unopposed in his election to fill the seat of outgoing District 34 Republican state Rep. Mike Forrester.
Filing for Nutt s seat on county council are Republicans Steve Wunder, Michael Dawson, Jessica Coker, Robert Briggs, and Karen Puckett.
Lekesa Kesha Whitner was the lone Democrat to file, and thus will not be on the primary ballot. She will appear on the March 23 special election ballot, according to Spartanburg County Elections Director Henry Laye.