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CATAWBA — One person is dead, and another injured, Tuesday morning in an accident at the former AbitibiBowater plant in Catawba.

Investigators believe that two employees climbed into a decommissioned tank outside of the plant's main production area to perform maintenance at about 1:30 a.m., said Cotton Howell, director of...

Rock Hill Woman, Dog attacked by pit bill while walking in neighborhood

ROCK HILL — A Rock Hill woman suffered bites, cuts, scratches and a broken finger after she tried to fend off a pit bull that attacked her dog on Monday, police say.

Police responding to...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Investigators are probing the deaths of two people killed in separate train collisions in Spartanburg County.

Coroner Rusty Clevenger says 18-year-old Ryan Andrew Greenwood of Lyman was pronounced dead after he was struck by a train in the Greer area around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The S.C. Highway Patrol is responding to nearly two dozen car accidents across York County.

“We have 20 crashes all going at this time,” Lance Corporal Billy Elder said just before noon.

It’s not clear how many of the wrecks were caused by the weather, Elder...

Police: Rock Hill bar owner, customer arrested after fight

ROCK HILL — The co-owner of Rock Hill’s Rock City Tavern and a bar patron were both arrested Sunday and charged with disorderly conduct after police say an argument about a man escalated into an all-out brawl in the parking...

CATAWBA — The widow of the man killed at an accident at Resolute Forest Products plant is expected to allege today that response to the incident was inadequate, her attorney says.

Jessica Storey, wife of Samir Storey, has scheduled a 11 a.m. news conference in Charlotte today to discuss the...

ELGIN, S.C. — A moment of distracted driving may have killed a young mother from Elgin but her infant daughter survived, Richland County coroner Gary Watts said Sunday.

Brittany Powell, 171 Elgin Road, 23, died at the scene a half mile from her home in a head-on collision Friday afternoon...

ELGIN, S.C. — A moment of distracted driving may have killed a young mother from Elgin but her infant daughter survived, Richland County coroner Gary Watts said Sunday.

Brittany Powell, 171 Elgin Road, 23, died at the scene a half mile from her home in a head-on collision Friday afternoon...

ROCK HILL — A 32-year-old Rock Hill woman died in a single-car accident on Hollis Lakes Road around 3:07 p.m. on Thursday.

The driver, Stephany Harrison, was ejected from her car and pronounced dead on the scene, according to York County Coroner Sabrina Gast.

A stretch of...

Deaths of South Carolina drivers ages 16 and 17 dipped slightly in 2012 compared with 2011, according to the S.C. Department of Public Safety’s Office of Highway Safety.

That bucks the national trend of rising teen deaths behind the wheel.

But it is in keeping the...