A four-year-old Amur leopard left its enclosure at the Greenville Zoo Thursday; staff tranquilized and returned the animal. The zoo remains closed while officials review the incident.

Pickens County opened a 32,000-square-foot Emergency Readiness Center behind its administration building, consolidating EMS, E-911 and climate-controlled storage for response equipment.

A 71-year-old Greenville man was sentenced to 25 years after deputies say they found more than 50 grams of fentanyl, 90+ grams of cocaine and a firearm at his home.

An apartment robbery on Southport Road ignited a multi-highway chase that ended in a head-on crash on SC‑176; four suspects are now in custody. Authorities say injuries were not life-threatening.

EnerSys has narrowed its planned Greenville battery plant to a defense‑focused, 1 GWh facility backed by a revised ~$150M DOE grant and roughly $200M in local incentives. The board has approved the plan and expects construction to start in early fiscal 2028.

Greenville County says many polling places have moved for the Aug. 11 special Republican primary. Early voting is Aug. 5–7 at McAlister Square; confirm your precinct.