The Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) said they are holding a press conference Monday afternoon to discuss a recent ...

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.

An autopsy confirmed it took only a matter of seconds for both 43-year-old retired U.S. Navy veteran, Lonnie Hancock and ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Two men who drowned in the Wateree River last Saturday lost their lives in an act of heroism, Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan said in a press conference Monday.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Two bodies were recovered from the Wateree River after a search for two missing people was conducted Saturday night and Sunday morning. Authorities have identified the two ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from Lake Wateree on Sunday.