Anderson News

Multiple twisters hit the state, including an F3-rated tornado that wreaked havoc from Anderson to York counties, and an F4-rated tornado that left destruction from Aiken to Florence counties.

The Abbeville County Transportation Committee met last Monday to approve more than $224,000 in funds for county infrastructure projects.

An animal control officer in Anderson, South Carolina, responded to a call about a barking dog.

She received the Presidential Medallion for Instructional Excellence at the College's spring commencement.

An Anderson police animal control officer responding to a report of a dog possibly trapped in a ravine was surprised when she reached the dog and found that it was nursing a small kitten.

When cars zipped into Anderson for a stop in the 1911 Glidden Tour, a much-celebrated national event, local folks celebrated by wearing hats that proclaimed, "Anderson is My Town." In the years that followed, that slogan was a regular part of the stories and short news notes in the Anderson Intelligencer.

South Carolina media outlets report that Electrolux hired Tom DeRosa to serve as the new plant manager in Anderson, SC, replacing the retiring Terry Anthony.

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Orian Rugs Inc. has named Grey Christie vice president of sales of its Gallery Division.

Authorities say a man has been hospitalized after he tried to run over an Anderson County deputy and was shot by another officer.

Authorities say a man has been hospitalized after he tried to run over an Anderson County deputy and was shot by another officer.

Anderson County deputies fired shots and wounded a suspect Thursday night after a car chase, Sheriff John Skipper said.

A group of mothers in support of expanding background checks as a part of gun legislation gathered at the Upstate district offices for South Carolina's senators Thursday.

THE UPSTATE BABY-WEARING GROUP meets monthly in Greenville, Spartanburg, Clemson and Anderson.

The R.C. Edwards Middle School team, "The UFOs," won first place in the 2013 Glider Challenge.

Two members of South Carolina's congressional delegation are touring part of the Upstate together.

Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, a nationwide event that celebrates comic books and superheroes by giving free copies to anyone who visits participating stores.

Using a model used by the city of Birmingham to quell teen violence, organizers in Greenville said they are planning to launch a similar effort titled "107 Days of Violence" as the academic year ends.

A wedding reception was held at The Greenville Shrine Club. The bride is the daughter of Mr.

South Carolina's sixty acute care hospitals posted an aggregate profit of $2.5 billion between 2008 and 2011, according to a document prepared by S.C. Gov.