Norris News

PICKENS COUNTY a ' Residents in six of the seven towns in Pickens County will be headed to the polls election day to determine several local leaders.

The Pickens County Sheriff's Office is investigating an overnight shooting near Central that left an Easley man dead and another man wounded.

The time to file to get on the ballot in most Pickens County municipalities ended at noon Tuesday, with one result being that, in all likelihood, Norris will gain a new face on council without residents having to go to the polls Nov.

PICKENS COUNTY a ' Election Day isna TMt until November, but nowa TMs the time for anyone wanting to run for several municipal offices throughout the county to sign up Filing for municipal elections in Easley, Six Mile, Liberty, Pickens and Norris opened Aug.

Pickens County officials granted, then lifted, a building permit for a lot in a subdivision, saying that work clearing the lot had damaged a Revolutionary War-era family cemetery on the lot.

Richland County Deputies are investigating an early morningA shooting at 1333 Plumber's Road.

Longtime South Carolina Republican Party operative Rusty Depass is apologizing for a comment he made about First Lady Michelle Obama.

Severe storms swept across the midlands between 4 and 8 pm. These thunderstorms downed trees in Richland, Lexington, Clarendon and Calhoun counties.

A shocking discovery for a columbia family, after not hearing from their father in a few days.

An outspoken councilwoman feels some people who don't agree with her may be harrassing her.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM Gov. Mark Sanford has won a legal order that moves one of two lawsuits over federal bailout cash for state schools from the South Carolina Supreme Court to a federal court.