Duncan News

A 66-year-old Upstate man was arrested after he threatened state employees over the phone, according to the State Law Enforcement Division.

Washington, DC-South Carolina Congressman Jeff Duncan issued the following statement following the passage of H.R. 3, the Northern Route Approval Act, which approves the permitting for the Keystone XL Pipeline: "Republicans and Democrats both realize that energy production creates jobs.

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Congressman Jeff Duncan of South Carolina's 3rd District announced the winner of the 2013 Congressional Art Competition.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, center, shares a photo-op with a local family at Dunburks in Easley Thursday afternoon.

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, center, shares a photo-op with a local family at Dunburks in Easley Thursday afternoon.

At Jankel's booth there will be the hot-formed armored Toyota Land Cruiser 200, certified to BRV2009/VR7 and ERV 2010 protection levels.

In celebration of Arbor Day, AFL donated over 600 longleaf pine trees to District Five Intermediate School students in support of its Take Root Program.

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

Four incumbent members of the South Carolina State University Board of Trustees were voted off the board Wednesday afternoon by state lawmakers.

In this March 4, 2013, file photo President Barack Obama speaks to media at the start of a Cabinet meeting, including, from left, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, at the White House in Washington.

A federal appeals court on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Education to hear South Carolina's appeal of its $36 million federal penalty for recession-era budget cuts.