Category: News

United States Attorney Beth Drake announced today that 40-year-old Jimmy Hallums and 34-year-old Christine Wellwood were sentenced to 188 months imprisonment and 144 months imprisonment, respectively in federal court in Greenville. The evidence presented during their guilty pleas and sentencing hearings showed that Hallums met the leader of the organization, Dustin Tiller, while both men were serving prison sentences in […]

Get your group together and take a day to visit historic Pendleton. For $10 a person, enjoy tours at two of Pendleton’s fine museums, the Agricultural Museum of South Carolina and Woodburn Historical Home. Tours can be tailored to the interests of your group, but, in general, tours at the Agricultural Museum will cover the history and future of agriculture […]

Each year in the United States, over 1.34 million calls are made to poison centers for children. Safe Kids Upstate reports that 49% are medicine-related. Safe Kids Upstate Program Coordinator Daby Snipes says it is very important to teach young children about medicine safety. “Medication is a big thing to teach. Kids can be poisoned by diaper rash cream, eye […]

United Tool and Mold, Inc., a leading provider of new tooling projects, engineering changes and repair services for the plastics industry, is expanding its Pickens County manufacturing operations. The South Carolina Department of Commerce reports that the $11.1 million investment is projected to create 17 additional jobs. The company has three locations across the Southeast, including operations in Duncan and […]