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🌱 Duncan hosts funeral today for Spartanburg County Deputy Tyler Martin
Duncan, South Carolina Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Duncan! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Duncan hosts funeral today for Spartanburg County Deputy Tyler Martin
- How Duncan’s foreign trade zone helps a local manufacturer manage tariffs
- Duncan running back’s SEC recruitment just took a surprising LSU turn
Today's riddle: When is the best time to buy a trampoline? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 86 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 91, low: 70.
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 94 and low of 72 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Services, fundraiser announced following sudden death of Upstate deputy (foxcarolina.com) — Funeral services for Spartanburg County Deputy Tyler Martin will be held today, June 10, at 1 p.m. at Stribling Funeral Home chapel in Duncan. The sheriff’s office has also shared a fundraiser to help Martin’s family cover rent, groceries, utilities, childcare, and other expenses as they grieve. 
• Foreign trade zones helped companies avoid tariffs. That's changed under Trump. (marketplace.org) — A fiber-optic manufacturer in Duncan is using a federally approved foreign trade zone to delay hefty tariff payments and keep investing locally, even after recent rule changes under the Trump administration. The story explains how foreign trade zones work, why some companies abandoned them, and why AFL’s Duncan site still finds them valuable for managing costs and planning growth.
• Lane Kiffin owes one of his top assistant coaches a major 'Thank You' after what went down in another SEC team's backyard (atozsports.com) — A highly ranked 2027 running back from Duncan, Tre Segarra, is suddenly leaning toward LSU after a strong in-home pitch from Tigers running backs coach Kevin Smith. The four-star prospect had been expected to choose Tennessee or South Carolina, but LSU is now viewed as the favorite, putting extra spotlight on a Duncan athlete in the SEC recruiting race.
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Greer City Park, 301 E Poinsett St, Greer
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🗞 Nearby News
Greer
- Trump calls in as Evette fires up supporters in last push before primary (wspa.com)
- Carlton Lee Dobson (sovanow.com)
- Greer police seek tips 6 years after unsolved 2020 killing of Marquis Richey (foxcarolina.com)
Inman
- Betty Jane Abernathy Obituary June 6, 2026 - Seawright Funeral Home & Crematory (seawright-funeralhome.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Springtime (Thank you Cathy A. for sending it in!)
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