Occupants advised that an electric space heater had been left operating inside the structure prior to the fire. This incident ...

Anderson County detectives have identified numerous child predators lurking behind a computer screen and others willing to travel during an undercover online chat operation. Anderson County detectives ...

Whitefield, Cheddar, and West Pelzer firefighters responded to a structure fire Saturday afternoon. When firefighters arrived they found the remains of a structure that had previously burned on fire ...

Anderson County has been awarded a second Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The $529,600 grant follows a $200,000 grant awarded in 2023 to develop ...

The Journal is the weekly newspaper of Williamston, Pelzer, West Pelzer, Piedmont, Powdersville, Moonville and surrounding communities in Anderson and Greenville counties in upstate South Carolina.

A person was taken to the Burn Center in Augusta Monday afternoon. Life Flight helicopter landed at the Monkey Park in Pelzer and was met by Medshore to pickup the patient who apparently suffered ...

Thomas Britt Alewine of Williamston pled guilty last month to Attempted Murder and Armed Robbery for an incident last year at the Dollar General located on Highway 252 in Belton. The Honorable Scott R ...

United Way of Anderson County will host their annual Buy-A-Box fundraiser on March 16th. The goal is to raise over $50,000 to fill 1,000 boxes to support their Weekend SnackPack program. The program ...

Williamston firefighters set up a landing zone for Med-Trans 1 Monday afternoon. A patient was flown to the hospital after apparently falling off of a skateboard along West Main Street. Medshore and a ...

The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles will hold the 2026 Driver Suspension Eligibility Week (DSEW) statewide for drivers with licenses suspended for specific reasons through March 13. During ...

A motor home was destroyed by fire Thursday night near Piedmont. Firefighters from Piedmont; Wren, and West Pelzer responded. When firefighters arrived the home on South Circle Drive was engulfed in ...

The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is warning that a number of news websites across the State using the “HereCity” platform have been hacked and contain a malicious JavaScript. HereCity is a ...