Anderson News

William Traxler Jr. of Greenville took on the mantle of chief judge of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday after the former head of the historically conservative court retired citing a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease.

ANDERSON, S.C. A 22-year-old South Carolina man has been charged after a bundle of more than 100 sparklers exploded, causing a teen to lose his hand and severely injure his legs.

An Easley man has been charged with manufacturing a fire bomb by taping about 500 sparklers together in connection with an explosion that seriously injured a 15-year-old boy July 2. Robert Stephen Spicer, 22, of 135 Watson Road, Easley, was arrested today, according to a warrant and Anderson Fire Chief Billy Gibson.

The Associated Press South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford ponders a question as he admits during an interview with The Associated Press that there were more encounters with his Argentine mistress than he previously has disclosed, in his office Tuesday in Columbia.

Pickens, Anderson and Oconee county leaders have revived talks about a commonly owned 513-acre tract of land once slated for a regional landfill, and a spurned buyer remains interested.

ANDERSON - A Tampa man serving a life sentence for strangling an Anderson County mother and facing a death penalty trial in the death of a second mother pleaded not guilty in an arraignment Thursday.

Anderson School District 1's board of trustees has approved a $54.2 million budget with a tax increase, stimulus dollars and fewer cuts than previously expected.

Anderson, SC- June 30, 2009 - The competition is heating up to find out who will be the next winner of FOX's hit television show "So You Think You Can Dance," but some local residents have already chosen their favorite contestant.

Mary E. Anderson, 96, a resident of the Lebanon Valley Home, Annville and formerly of 1012 River Road, McVeytown, died at 10:05 p.m. Sunday, June 28, 2009, at the home.

Greenville County deputies said Monda9 a man was caught trying to steal a television and laptop from an Eastside apartmen4 and tried to flee in a silver Volkswagen, bu4 there was one problem.

CLEMSON - Unlocking the "untapped potential" of the Upstate is the first step in a plan to boost the economic impact of tourism in South Carolina from $17.2 billion to $40 billion annually by the year 2020.

James Orin Anderson , retired professor, author, and musician, died on June 23, 2009, in Athens, Georgia.

Seagrave Fire Apparatus will host an open house from 1 to 8 p.m. Friday at its new location at 251 N. Wilson St.

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A pair of Winthrop University Eagles flew around the course Saturday night to take the overall wins in the 13th annual Greenville Candlelight Charity 5K Run.

Parties to a three-year-old court order to clean up dangerous PCBs from the Twelve Mile River and Hartwell Lake need to stop dragging their feet and implement the plan to remove and cap potentially cancer-causing sediment in the waterways.

With federal authorities now investigating the recent assassination of Dr. George Tiller , an abortion provider in Kansas, new information is emerging about ties between the anti-abortion activist charged with the crime and extremist groups.

Three Hilton Head Island juniors came away with singles titles at the 53rd annual Wachovia Palmetto Championships, a prestigious junior state tournament that wrapped up Friday in Belton and Anderson.

More than 200 members of a South Carolina Army National Guard unit from Anderson are heading to Oregon this weekend to practice defending the nation against a potential aircraft or missile attack.

ANDERSON, S.C. June 9, 2009 -- The following local students have been named to the Dean's List for fall 2009 at Anderson University in Anderson, S.C. In order to be named to the Dean's List, a student must maintain a term grade point average of 3.5 or better.