Six Mile News

A June article on the Six Mile Creek dams ignored several very important factors affecting the decision as to whether dredging of the reservoir should be considered.

Shannon Donald, a volunteer cafeteria monitor at Six Mile Elementary School, is one of the reasons why the school achieved the highest number of volunteer hours in the School District of Pickens County in 2008-09. By monitoring the cafeteria during lunchtime for teachers on duty, Donald gives those teachers an opportunity for free time during ...

'I grew up in this house. I was born in this house,' said Lyn Inman as she watered plants on her porch while taking a break from mowing her yard in Awendaw on Friday.

A once-neglected 200-year-old farmhouse not far from State 11 in Pickens County is getting some much-needed help from the state.

SIX MILE -- Town Council approved last week a 2009-10 operating budget that avoids a property tax hike, but raises spending from the previous year by more than $33,000. According to the new budget document, town leaders anticipate more revenue, primarily from business license fees.

A heavy band of thunderstorms swept across the Upstate Friday evening, downing trees and power lines and cutting electricity to more than 15,000 customers.

Once wasn't enough for Terry McConnell. McConnell, a 57-year-old auto repair shop owner from Eastonolle, Ga., has broken his own South Carolina state record for striped bass with a fish weighing at least 63 pounds.

Betty Jean Ulmer McGregor was surrounded by her family legacy amid the clicking of cameras and the words from well-wishers. It was seemingly a comfortable setting for the Hopkins woman, whose devotion to family ...

SIX MILE -- Built in the 1930s as a "New Deal" project along with Table Rock, Oconee and Paris Mountain State parks, lesser known Issaqueena Lake holds an almost forgotten secret.

March 5, 2009 - 10:57 p.m. EST Jimmie Meece tours the playground at Nettles Park.

A moment of doubt crossed the minds of Easley's bicycle committee when they realized last week that their first annual biking event they had so carefully planned for April 25 coincided with another large and ...

SIX MILE Some Six Mile area merchants, real estate developers and longtime residents are organizing to promote the northwestern Pickens County community as business- and family-friendly. The group, which held ...

Bill Walldorf Six Mile, S.C. Published: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 8:22 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 13, 2009 at 8:23 a.m. Regarding State Farm Florida not insuring property any longer, I wonder how ...

While Alicia Steele searches for work Tuesday at the Employment Security Commission, her 5-year-old, Porter, plays with a dollar bill he received in a Valentine from his great-grandparents. 'I just didn't think ...

A ladder truck belonging to the Clemson University Fire and EMS Department conducts a simulated rescue of one of its firefighters during a recent four-day training session with the Central Fire Department.

Mr. and Mrs. Steven and Donna Kalinski, here, formerly of Belmar and Wall Township, proudly announce the engagement of their daughter Amanda Leigh Mueller to Eric Christopher Davis, Six Mile, S.C. He is the son ...

The Pickens County "C" Fund Committee, which seeks ways to improve infrastructure, will use about $2 million of its $2.4 million next year on resurfacing state roads.

Plants springing up in neighborhood and business landscapes, traffic circles and other unexpected places Thursday, December 11, 2008 Jessica Johnson This sweetgrass in a Mount Pleasant traffic circle is still ...

Six Mile has welcomed its first new restaurant in almost 20 years. Spanky's Backyard BBQ opened earlier this year on North Main Street and recently added live music on Friday and Saturday nights, said Lisa ...