Matthew Hensley
@MattHensleyNews
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Editor of @postandcourier Spartanburg. Previously, digital editor @aikenstandard & managing editor @ijindexjournal. Send news tips: [email protected]
Spartanburg, SC
Joined August 2015
RT @_Max_White_: Spartanburg has held the Spring Fling festival since the late 1970s, almost 50 years. But the news of its cancellation has…
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RT @postandcourier: Darla Moore Foundation gives $1 million to Post and Courier journalism fund
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RT @_Max_White_: As President Donald Trump continues his flurry of executive orders, you might have missed his moves to roll back Biden-era…
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This well-reported story from Max, which takes the community's pulse on the city's 2020 commitment toward racial equity, is solid accountability reporting and well worth the read.
The City of Spartanburg committed to racial equity in September 2020. More than four years later, local advocates are mixed on the city's progress. Check out more here from one of my most extensively reported articles:
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We are still 16 months from the 2026 midterm primaries and this hit my mailbox this weekend.
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RT @tiffgtan: The first prisoner execution in the US for 2025 has taken place. South Carolina inmate Marion Bowman Jr. was declared dead at…
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RT @tiffgtan: Anti-death penalty advocates holding vigil outside the Broad River correctional complex in Columbia SC as inmate Marion Bowma…
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RT @IAmNickReynolds: Marion Bowman Jr. is set to be executed by the state of South Carolina tonight. Lots of coverage already about that, b…
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RT @PCRockHill: Rock Hill schools superintendent announces surprise retirement, search begins for replacement
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If someone who sees this post is unaware of what's easily the best thing to come from Greenville or the story of Eugenia Duke, this can serve as an intro:
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RT @IAmNickReynolds: If you've covered a Henry McMaster state of the state, you generally know what to expect. His endorsement of revivin…
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If you don't want to learn about Spartanburg's biggest news stories at next year's State of the State, sign up for our email newsletters so you'll never miss a headline:
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Sheriff Chuck Wright had 2 red charge cards — one funded by taxpayers, the other a personal card — which led to mix-ups and the use of public money for private purchases, a councilman told @ChrisHBoschult. Here's the latest on Wright's county-funded card:
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