Felicia Kitzmiller

Despite recent problems, the American economy is healthy and provides good opportunities, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez told University of South Carolina students at the Darla Moore School of Business on Monday. He also said immigration will ...

Professionals in many fields discussed the impact of South Carolina’s growing Hispanic population on the state, as well as the issues facing immigrants, at the Statewide Hispanic/Latino Issues Conference on Thursday in Columbia. The boom in the Hispanic population of ...

Nearly 16 percent of United States college students were considered “first-generation” in 2005, according to a study by the University of California, Los Angeles. A sizable number of college students are still left seeking college entrance with plenty of support, ...

It is important to visit as many campuses as possible, experts say. It gives you an opportunity to talk to current students and get a feel for how you would fit in.

State grants, Stafford Loans and other types of aid are dependent on the FAFSA. At first glance it looks simple enough but once you start reading, chances are you will think you are reading a foreign language. Don’t be afraid ...

State officials confirmed earlier this week that South Carolina has seen its first human West Nile virus cases of 2007, but Anderson County has not been the site of any such cases so far this year. The first human case ...

SunTrust Bank now is the destination for donations to the construction of a sculpture honoring the founder of Anderson’s first hospital.

No one is calling her a “foolish woman” now. Jennie Gilmer was a woman who dreamed of a local hospital that would administer to the sick under sanitary and safe conditions regardless of the patients’ race and income.

The robber who shot an Anderson police officer still is at large, but things will get a little closer to normal for the officer next week. Officer David Fikes of the city Anderson Police Department has been cleared by his ...

Rewards in excess of $4,000 for tips leading to the arrest and conviction of any individual involved with recent arsons in Anderson, were announced on today.

The body that was found in an Anderson creek near the Appleton Mill on Saturday has been identified. Michael James Browning, 54, died of blunt force trauma to the head, said Anderson County Deputy Coroner Charlie Boseman. It appears Mr. ...

Almost four months after Anderson County removed a Sunday blue law restriction on retail store hours, most businesses and customers say they are happy with the change.

It was 91 degrees in Anderson at 12:30 p.m. on a recent day. Or maybe it was 87 degrees, or it could have been 267 degrees. It all depended on where someone stood on Main Street.

Violence at the Anderson County Detention Center has sent at least three men to the hospital in the last month, but officials say recent incidents do not indicate a trend. “It goes in cycles,” said Anderson County Sheriff’s Office Chief ...

A streetlight in her neighborhood that did work for nearly two years made Angela Shaw concerned. In a request to For Your Inquiry, Mrs. Shaw said the light on West North Avenue near Central Avenue first stopped working in December ...

All systems are go, emergency personnel said after a training exercise Saturday morning on Hartwell Lake. The countywide response drill began at 10:08 a.m. Saturday, and agencies from every facet of emergency management were represented. Among the participating groups were ...

David Allan Coe packed the Civic Center of Anderson Saturday night and proved that even at the age of 67 he can still sell tickets. He can, in fact, sell tickets to people fifty years his junior.

One person died in a collision that happened just before 9 p.m. Friday on Centerville Road at Rooks Drive, authorities said.

Skyrocketing gas prices and airport headaches have been a blessing to struggling Amtrak, but it might not be enough to keep the railway running through the South. Despite this year’s 5.4 percent increase in ridership Amtrak has not been able ...

Pickens school district will present the early designs of their four new high schools to the public in August. Architects, a central planning team and individual school planning teams have been meeting regularly to put together schematic drawings of the ...

Habitat for Humanity and six Anderson County Presbyterian churches are working to give two hardworking, single mothers the chance to raise their families in safe, comfortable and affordable houses. Dozens of volunteers from First, Central, Salem, Midway, Roberts and North ...

A woman was shot and injured Wednesday afternoon in her home on the east side of Anderson by a drive-by shooter. Four men were arrested Wednesday evening in connection with the shooting, which might have been drug-related, according to a ...

Barbecue, sweet tea, live bluegrass music and a greased pole. Put it all together and you get a good ’ole fashioned Fourth of July celebration. Hillbilly Days, an annual event in Mountain Rest, tries to capture just that, according to ...

New leaders and a new direction are taking over the United Way of Anderson County. On July 1, the agency launched Community Impact Agenda, a new operating plan for the coming years.

After a devastating car accident, a church community is doing what it can to help members of an Anderson family piece their lives back together.

An Anderson group that makes life just a little bit easier for parents of children with special needs recently received a little help itself.

The principal of Pendleton Elementary School has resigned her post in Anderson School District 4 and is moving to Oconee County School District. Kim Nicholson, who has spent 20 years in the Anderson Four School District, including four as principal ...

Two doting grandparents were killed in an early Sunday morning fire in the Homeland Park area of Anderson.

Thunderstorms ripped through Anderson Saturday afternoon with heavy rain and strong winds that toppled trees and power lines.

The funeral of John Taylor Jr. and his wife, Maxine, of Honea Path — two people described as inseparable who died on the same day — is scheduled for Tuesday.

Anderson School District 4 trustees approved a new student fee schedule, reviewed a student-teacher ratio report and considered a new middle school program at a called meeting Saturday.

Apple’s new iPhone will burst into stores in Anderson and across the country today at 6 p.m. but won’t stay in the stores very long.

Another immigration reform bill has come and gone without passage in the U.S. Congress, but local politicians and businessmen still say the issue is too important to be ignored for long.Action in the U.S. Senate on Thursday effectively killed by ...

The Supreme Court of the United States extended the ability of school districts to censor the speech of high school students on Monday, and some Anderson-area students are concerned about what the ruling will mean for them.

Abbeville County residents could see tax increases of nearly $10 annually when the County Council meets today to vote on the county’s operating and capital budgets. County workers would get a 2-percent raise.

John “Junior” Gotti, son of the later “Dapper Don” John Gotti and head of the Gambino crime family in New York, is considering a move … to South Carolina. On June 17, The New York Post reported Mr. Gotti is ...

A lack of punishment might be to blame for the dangerous behavior of some smokers at gas station pumps.

A local Catholic church’s membership has grown so large, it is expanding for the first time since its creation more than half a century ago. St. Mary of the Angels, a Franciscan order Catholic church on White Road, is building ...

Anderson Art Warehouse unveiled a new catch of 6-foot fish Friday night for “Fish out of Water: Hooked on the Arts 2.” The unveiling of the fish was the kick-off of Anderson Art Warehouse’s second public art fundraiser.

Firefighters from across Anderson County planned to travel to Charleston today to be present at the memorial of nine of their fallen brothers. The service for the Charleston firefighters — who died early Tuesday morning fighting a furniture warehouse blaze ...

When tragedy strikes, the scariest part is often the uncertainty, not knowing who is alive and who is dead. This was the position Derek Phillips of Greenville found himself in Tuesday morning when a co-worker called and told him nine ...

After his stroke last July, John Peterson’s right side was completely paralyzed. He could barely roll over in bed, much less walk. Almost a year later Mr. Peterson, 78, still can’t walk on his own, but his wife and daughter ...

Gas prices may be up, but most people still commute more than 20 minutes to work every day, and drive their own cars to work.

They have put their lives on hold, sacrificed hundreds of hours of sleep, and endured scorching sunshine and sudden downpours. They are the volunteers searching for Joshua Dorchak.

Rain and power and cable outages might be annoying during severe thunderstorms, but imagine being a severely injured person waiting on a helicopter transport that’s been grounded. A man at a residence on Airline Road in Anderson County was in ...

A full week after the drowning of 3-year-old Joshua Dorchak at Lake Jocassee, the search still continues for his body. One week ago today Joshua was pulled to the bottom of Lake Jocassee when the boat he and his father ...

Pickens County School District has named a new assistant superintendent of instructional services. Brenda Turner, currently the director of elementary programs in Lexington School District 2, will assume her new post in Pickens County on July 1.

A public comment period for four proposed chicken houses in Iva ends on June 25. Don and Tim Kelley have applied for a permit to build four chicken houses on their farm 1120 Barnstation Road in Iva.

Authorities are still trying to find the man who shot at an animal control officer three times on Tuesday in Iva. Jason Hanks, an Anderson County animal control officer, was investigating a call of dogs running loose at 380 Liberty ...

The next generation of rocket scientists, detectives, engineers and inventors are learning their crafts at Pendleton Elementary School. The local school hosted Camp Invention this week, a five-day math and science day camp for children in first to sixth grade. ...