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🌱 Union County jury sends traffic-shooting gunman to prison for decades.
Also, don't miss Sims Middle School vs CampobelloGramling... on the Union Patch calendar
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- Union County jury sends traffic-shooting gunman to prison for decades.
Also on today's calendar: Sims Middle School vs CampobelloGramling Elementary School and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 83 and low of 53 degrees.
- Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 60.
- Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 85 and low of 63 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Jury convicts Upstate man in shooting during traffic dispute (wspa.com) — A Union County jury has convicted Dustin Medford and a judge sentenced him to 23 years without parole for shooting his estranged wife during a traffic confrontation while their two-year-old son was in his vehicle. The 2024 incident, which happened at a red light in Union County, left the victim with a grazing head wound but highlighted the danger to both her and the child. 
📸 Around Union
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Union
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★ Featured events ★
- Sims Middle School vs CampobelloGramling... →
Sims Middle School, 2200 Whitmire Hwy, Union
5:00 pm
Monday October 5
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Other local events
- VB @ Blacksburg
SIMS MIDDLE, 101 London St, Blacksburg
5:00 pm - Volleyball @ Chesnee Middle 5:00 PM
JONESVILLE ELEMENTARY\/MIDDLE Union, SC 29379
5:00 pm - Football @ Chesnee Middle 5:00 PM
JONESVILLE ELEMENTARY\/MIDDLE Union, SC 29379
5:00 pm - Football @ Woodruff
SIMS MIDDLE, 710 Cross Anchor Rd, Woodruff
5:00 pm - Sims Middle School vs CampobelloGramling Elementary School →
Sims Middle School, 2200 Whitmire Hwy, Union
5:00 pm - Volleyball vs. Campobello
SIMS MIDDLE, 2200 Whitmire Hwy, Union
5:00 pm - Union County Beekeepers Association Monthly Meeting →
Union County Beekeepers Association, 120 Kirby Street, Union
2:30 pm - Train the Trainer MUSC MOVENUP Program Coming to Union County →
Union County Carnegie Library, 300 East South Street, Union
8:30 am
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Monday October 5
Tuesday October 6
Saturday October 10
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Homeschool Hub: America 250th
Pacolet Library
2:30 pm - VB @ Blacksburg
SIMS MIDDLE, 101 London St, Blacksburg
5:00 pm - Volleyball @ Chesnee Middle 5:00 PM
JONESVILLE ELEMENTARY\/MIDDLE Union, SC 29379
5:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Good morning it's september the 28th, large garage sale.
We have refrigerators fans, window unit air conditioner and much much more come out. Take a look, you might find something you need. Have a great day… (Nextdoor Union-Santuc)
- Timken posted a job opening for Multi-Surface Grinder Operator in Union. Apply here.
- Colas, Inc. posted a job opening for REEVES | Liquid Asphalt Terminal Manager Union, SC in Union. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Union here.
🗞 Nearby News
Clinton
- Men's Tennis Opens Fall Season With UNF Hidden Duals (unfospreys.com)
Spartanburg
- 2065 Halton Oaks Dr Lot 105, Spartanburg, SC 29303 (redfin.com)
- Spartanburg Co. deputies say missing, endangered man may be in Easley, Anderson (foxcarolina.com)
- Logistics company to lay off workers at Spartanburg County facility (thestate.com)
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