‘A hero story’: Kershaw County Sheriff recognizes 2 men who gave their lives during water rescue
The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said they are holding a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss a recent ...
‘There were chilling screams’: Witnesses recount S.C. drownings
Two men lost their lives after jumping into the rushing water near South Carolina's Wateree Dam to save a 13-year-old who fell in.
‘There were chilling screams’: Witnesses recount tragic Wateree drownings
An autopsy confirmed it took only a matter of seconds for both 43-year-old retired U.S. Navy veteran, Lonnie Hancock and ...
Sheriff: Men who drowned in Wateree River died as 'heroes'
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Two men who drowned in the Wateree River last Saturday lost their lives in an act of heroism, Kershaw ...
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Victims recovered from Wateree River identified
KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Authorities have identified two victims recovered from the Wateree River after going under on Saturday afternoon. Several agencies were called to the tailrace area of the ...
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Why this Charlotte-area community flooded during Helene — and could be submerged again
“Due to the size of Mountain Island Lake, one of the smallest lakes on the Catawba-Wateree River, and the historic amount of rainfall from this event, any additional storage that would have been ...
Bodies of two South Carolina men recovered from water, coroner says
A dispatcher was told the drowning happened in the Tail Race area of the Wateree River, according to the release. That’s behind the Wateree Dam, West said. When emergency responders got to the river, ...
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Two bodies recovered from Lake Wateree
The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from Lake Wateree on Sunday.