First it was branches and leaves for visibility. Then, Vince Chelena watched as contractors chopped down all vegetation within 500 feet of this I-77 billboard.

Investigators said a driver went off Kennebec Road at Plum Bush Court before slamming into a tree. North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers found two people ejected from the vehicle.

Spartanburg and Greenville fire crews help contain blazes in heavily forested areas of Polk County near Landrum, where close ...