Saluda County News

Saluda County deputies say a 35-year-old Batesburg-Leesville registered sex offender inappropriately touched a 15-year-old girl at his house, as the girl visited someone else at the home.

Nine municipalities in Richland and Lexington counties have elections for town leaders today.

The Nov. 3 ballot in Batesburg-Leesville is a showdown between Mayor James Wiszowaty and two political foes.

Batesburg-Leesville voters are less than two weeks from deciding a mayor's race.

Why I am running: One of the most important issues facing Batesburg-Leesville is water.

Not guilty, but not so fast as the trial of an accused burglar in Saluda County was called into question because of what one person said to the judge.

Saluda County authorities have issued a warrant for a Midlands contractor accused of taking thousands of dollars from a church and failing to deliver on his promises.

James Raymond Brown, 58, of 395 Peterson Path, died on Friday, July 31, 2009, in Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC.

A man is dead and another in critical condition after an early morning accident.

Raymond Curtis Andrews, 70, died on July 20, 2009. Born in Saluda County, SC, son of the Johnnie and Sallie Dozier Andrews.

Funeral services for Edna Crouch Butler, 94, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 20, 2009 at St.

The shelves of canned food and rows of gently used clothing offer a lifeline to many facing financial roadblocks.

A Lindale woman remains jailed this morning after an early morning traffic stop turned up fugitive warrants from South Carolina, reports stated.

A wreck in Saluda County killed one person over the weekend. According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, the accident happened Sunday afternoon on Highway 178, about five miles east of Saluda.

Johnnie Gayle Ridgell Rinehart, 76, of 1405 Columbia Hwy., died Monday, June 15, 2009, at Self Regional Medical Center.