Spartanburg WWII vet remembers his encounter with the Pope
Two Spartanburg artillerymen wandered into the Vatican in 1944 and became the first allied troops to meet Pope Pius XII after Rome fell
MAY 31, 2012 11:08 a.m. 
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Two World War II artillerymen from Spartanburg were the first allied troops to meet with Pope Pius XII after German and Italian troops abandoned the city in face of Gen. Mark Clark’s powerful assault on June 4, 1944.
The encounter came quite by accident 68 years ago, when retired Spartanburg businessman J.D. Edwards and his driver, Gus Cantrell, were scouting for a place to site their massive 240-millimeter howitzers. Continue reading...
Cycle crash claims park director
Brian Wofford, former football star and public servant, dead at age 34
MAY 25, 2012 9:35 a.m. (3)
Spartanburg is still trying to deal with the tragic death of city parks system director Brian Wofford in a motorcycle accident last week.
Wofford was a star on the football field at Spartanburg High School and at Clemson University, where he snagged 179 catches for 2,273 yards and 10 touchdowns in 1999. Continue reading...
Opening new fronts in the ‘War on Cancer’
Spartanburg Regional’s Gibbs Cancer Center to build new center in Greer; other health systems also expanding treatment options
MAY 25, 2012 9:24 a.m. (0)
The Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System recently broke ground on a 10,000-square-foot cancer center – not in Spartanburg, but at the Village Hospital campus on Highway 14 in Greer.
The Gibbs Cancer Center opened in 1999 in Spartanburg and became affiliated with the M.D. Anderson Physicians Network in 2006. David Church, vice president for oncology and support services, said the center is expanding to the Greer area so patients will not have to travel as far for treatment. The expansion is part of the center’s master plan “to improve cancer treatment in that area,” he said. “Eighty to 85 percent of cancer care is given at a local center.” Continue reading...
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