Anderson Independent Mail Stories: Local News

Child remains in serious condition after accident Sunday

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:24:00 -0000

Tyler Erwin was listed in serious condition at Greenville Hospital System’s Children’s Hospital as of 7 p.m. Thursday after being hit by a car Sunday.

Oconee County to get serious about road paving

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:33:00 -0000

Officials say they intend to take a harder line on securing landowners’ cooperation regarding paving of 418 unpaved roads.

Tractor-trailers collide on interstate in Oconee County early Thursday

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:33:00 -0000

Two tractor-trailers collided early Thursday morning on Interstate 85 between exits 1 and 2, causing a small diesel fuel spill but no injuries to either driver.

National group criticizes Sen. Bryant's Obama post

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:07:00 -0000

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee has criticized state Sen. Kevin Bryant, R-Anderson, for posting a photo of a T-shirt showing Barack Obama and Osama bin Laden together.

Hangar development discussed for Oconee County airport

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:24:00 -0000

Oconee County Aeronautics Commission determined the best site for hangar development.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extending the camping season at three Upstate campgrounds

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:51:00 -0000

Oconee Point Campground in Oconee County and Crescent Group Campground in Anderson County now will remain open until Oct. 31. Coneross Campground in Oconee County will be open until Sept. 30.

Rosa Clark clinic receives $50,000 from McMaster

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:33:00 -0000

Funds from settlement go to state's free clinics

Four schools open for hundreds of Anderson County students

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:44:00 -0000

Roughly 1,550 Anderson County elementary and middle school students walked into three elementary and one middle school Thursday.

Underwear theft puts Liberty teens under scrutiny

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:11:00 -0000

Two Hanna High School students were arrested for shoplifting panties at Belk's.

Cancer Association back home in Anderson

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:15:00 -0000

Cancer Association of Anderson has returned home to 215 E. Calhoun St.

Camp Invention uses imagination

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:14:00 -0000

A total of 42 children ages 6 to 12 have been given the chance to become — at least for a short time — artists, astronauts, engineers and designers at Camp Invention’s Anderson-area Imagine Program this week at Calhoun Academy of the Arts in Anderson

Man charged with filing false report with police

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:12:00 -0000

An Anderson man who alleged on July 16 that his father had attacked him with a baseball bat for being gay has been charged with filing a false police report

Anderson’s Bailey Hanks takes Broadway by storm

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:00:00 -0000

Anderson's Bailey Hanks opened on Broadway today in her role as the star of "Legally Blonde The Musical" and got raves from the first-day audience.

Anderson woman bitten by rabid fox

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:19:00 -0000

An Anderson woman was bitten by a rabid fox and is getting treatment, health officials said.

Clemson officials looking into increasing Wi-Fi coverage in city

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:32:00 -0000

Plan that brought Wi-Fi to downtown Clemson still is in its pilot stage, but already officials are looking at options to beef up the coverage

Clemson Area Transit system faces cuts in money, routes and hours

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:12:00 -0000

Less operating money and rising costs means Clemson Area Transit will not prowl as far and wide.

Live, from New York: It’s Jake Grove!

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:54:00 -0000

Independent-Mail reporter is there to watch Anderson’s Bailey Hanks take the stage tonight in her Broadway debut, “Legally Blonde The Musical.”

Severe weather expected in southwestern Anderson County

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:51:00 -0000

A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for the southwestern part of Anderson County until 4:45 p.m.

Crosby Foundation packing free backpacks

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:18:00 -0000

Giveaway Saturday at Bi-Lo

Starr man dies from injuries suffered in motorcycle crash

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:23:00 -0000

Lyndon Holbrooks, 46, was injured in crash on Agnew Road in Starr on Sunday afternoon.