{"id":38549,"date":"2025-07-08T10:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/spartanburg-mayor-urges-action-after-spike-in-youth-gun-violence-violence-is-not-your-destiny\/"},"modified":"2025-07-08T10:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:15:09","slug":"spartanburg-mayor-urges-action-after-spike-in-youth-gun-violence-violence-is-not-your-destiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/08\/spartanburg-mayor-urges-action-after-spike-in-youth-gun-violence-violence-is-not-your-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartanburg Mayor Urges Action After Spike in Youth Gun Violence | \u201cViolence Is Not Your Destiny\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zu6LHf331mQ?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>In response to a disturbing rise in gun violence \u2014 especially involving youth \u2014 Spartanburg Mayor Jerome Rice is calling on the entire community to take action. In a public letter, the mayor urges young people to reject violence, encourages parents and guardians to be proactive, and calls for responsible gun ownership. <\/p>\n<p>So far this year, 41 firearms have been stolen from vehicles \u2014 many with no sign of forced entry. As concern grows, city leaders are exploring preventative strategies like gun safety workshops and youth internships. 7 News\u2019 Lauren Miller reports on the mayor&#8217;s plan to make Spartanburg safer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a disturbing rise in gun violence \u2014 especially involving youth \u2014 Spartanburg Mayor Jerome Rice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":38550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}