{"id":40518,"date":"2025-09-02T17:00:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/spartanburg-mourns-former-mayor-junie-white-order-of-the-palmetto-honoree-dies\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T17:00:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T21:00:23","slug":"spartanburg-mourns-former-mayor-junie-white-order-of-the-palmetto-honoree-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/spartanburg-mourns-former-mayor-junie-white-order-of-the-palmetto-honoree-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartanburg Mourns Former Mayor Junie White | Order of the Palmetto Honoree Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KzRv691GPnQ?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>City leaders in Spartanburg, South Carolina, are mourning the loss of former Mayor Junie White, who served the community with dedication for over two decades.<\/p>\n<p>White was elected mayor in 2009 and served until 2021, making a lasting impact on the city through initiatives in public safety, economic development, and community engagement. He previously served on Spartanburg City Council for four years before becoming mayor.<\/p>\n<p>During his final council meeting, White was honored with the Order of the Palmetto\u2014South Carolina\u2019s highest civilian award\u2014in recognition of his service to the state and city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City leaders in Spartanburg, South Carolina, are mourning the loss of former Mayor Junie White, who served the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40518","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\/40518","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=40518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}