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The city of Commerce has decided not to form a special police unit to enforce safety standards on large trucks. Mayor Charles L. “Buzzie” Hardy Jr. made the announcement last Wednesday to members of the Commerce Area Business Association. Forming a “motor carrier compliance” unit was proposed by the police department as a means of ... [Full Story »] 

A South Carolina man will have to talk to the federal government to recover money he claimed he kept under the console of his vehicle for safe keeping. It didn’t turn out to be that safe, because when the Commerce Police Department pulled Steven Louis Gilliam, 35, of 2217 Aleaf Terrace, Spartanburg, over in a northbound lane of Interstate 85 ... [Full Story »] 

The 25th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Commemoration will be held Sunday at St. Paul First Baptist Church, located at 573 Gordon Street in Jefferson. At 3:30 p.m., the Poplar Springs Baptist Church Choir of Jefferson, under the direction of Marianne Burley, will present a mini gospel music concert. The ecumenical service will start at ... [Full Story »] 

A writer I knew went away on vacation with her family, and I was stunned to hear, a week later, that while they were away, her husband was suddenly stricken with kidney failure. Happily, he was able to find a donor very quickly; he had a kidney transplant and has been fine ever since. Kidney transplantation was one of the great medical success ... [Full Story »] 

The Commerce Police Department charged three people with drug offenses after conducting separate searches of three local residences. A man who came to bail out one of those suspects was also arrested. “We had received some information from people suspicious about drug activity,” explained detective Chad Knight. “We were able to ... [Full Story »] 

Commerce Schools Superintendent Dr. James “Mac” McCoy has disputed a Dec. 11 Athens Banner-Herald article that said the school system’s security plan lacks proper approval. “I was floored that we were mentioned in the first sentence ... It can’t be further from the truth,” McCoy said told the Commerce Board of Education (BOE) ... [Full Story »] 

By Ben Munro With everything being “right for the picking” now to build, city schools superintendent Dr. James “Mac” McCoy has recommended that the school system seek bids to construct the new Commerce High School. “Economic times are bad, but in one way it could be good for those of us who are trying to bid out construction jobs,” ... [Full Story »]