Former Cobb officer drowns in South Carolina trying to save others

Jury Convicts South Carolina Woman of Human Smuggling

The jury deliberated for over five hours before convicting Sharon Thompkins following a two-day trial late July 15. Image for illustration purposesTexas Border Business U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas LAREDO, Texas – A...

Father drowns after saving 5 people from rip current in South Carolina

Posted/updated on: July 16, 2025 at 4:44 pm STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images(PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C.) -- A Georgia father drowned after saving five people from a rip current at a beach in South Carolina, according to the Pawleys Island Police Department. At...

Father drowns after saving 5 people from rip current in South Carolina 34 minutes

(PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C.) — A Georgia father drowned after saving five people from a rip current at a beach in South Carolina, according to the Pawleys Island Police Department. At approximately 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, police received a call for...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear tells South Carolina Democrats his record is a red state success story

Democrats can win back disaffected voters by addressing their everyday concerns to counter the anticipated fallout from President Donald Trump's budget-and-policy package, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Wednesday as he began a tour of South...

2.2 earthquake shakes South Carolina Wednesday morning

Officials confirm a 2.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Summerville, South Carolina, on Wednesday morning. SANGAREE, S.C. — Officials with the South Carolina Emergency Management Division and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirm an earthquake...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks on unions at South Carolina labor conference

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear was in South Carolina on Wednesday, speaking about the impact of union workers during a labor conference.Beshear discussed the growth unions have had in Kentucky at the AFL-CIO convention in Greenville.“Union members...

New South Carolina hands-free driving law to take effect this September

South Carolina drivers have less than two months before a new law requires them to go completely hands free behind the wheel. The "Hands-Free and Distracted Driving Act" was signed into law by Gov. Henry McMaster in May 2025 and defines a mobile...

Former Cobb County officer dies during heroic water rescue in South Carolina

Anderson 'Chase' Childers. Photos courtesy of GoFundMe PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. - A former Cobb County police officer is being hailed a hero after he died while rescuing swimmers caught in a dangerous rip current off the South Carolina coast. What we...

Gov. Beshear makes stop in South Carolina to speak at pro-union convention

ADDITIONAL OFFENSES RELATED TO THE CRIMES. KENTUCKY GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR SPOKE AT THE AFL-CIO’S 67TH CONVENTION TODAY, AND MANY BELIEVE THIS VISIT IS IN PREPARATION FOR A RUN FOR PRESIDENT 2028. SOUTH CAROLINA’S TYPICALLY ONE OF THE FIRST STATES...

Asheville water director leaving for role in South Carolina 

Asheville’s longtime water resources director, David Melton, is leaving his post next month to take a job in South Carolina. Melton has accepted the position of water and wastewater director for the Water Service Department in Rock Hill. His last...

HOT PROPERTIES: CRE deals across South Carolina

​ $1.45M office space sale closed in North Charleston Airsys USA buys 60 acres for $40M Upstate HQ project Retail, land and industrial leases signed statewide Midlands sees steady office and retail leasing activity Hot Properties is a weekly...

Tennessee Loses Key In-State Target to South Carolina in 2026 Class

The month of June has been a month of heartbreak for Josh Heupel’s Tennessee. The Volunteers lost some costly targets. They failed to keep their 4-star offensive lineman commit Brandon Anderson locked in. The hot 2026 target decided to jump out of...

Man dies after trying to save people in rip current at South Carolina beach

PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. (WBTV) - A man drowned at a South Carolina beach while trying to save a group of people stuck in a rip current this past weekend. Sister-station WMBF reported that the man, 38-year-old Anderson “Chase” Childers, got in the...

Former Cobb County officer drowns trying to save swimmers off South Carolina coast

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A former Cobb County police officer died while trying to save others from drowning in the ocean. Police said Anderson “Chase” Childers, 38, and another person dove into the water off Pawleys Island, South...

Former Cobb County Police officer loses his life after saving a family off South Carolina coast

Chase Childers was with his three children and wife when a family of five was in distress. That's when Childers jumped into the water at Pawleys Island to save them. PAWLEYS ISLAND, S.C. — A former Cobb County Police officer gave his life in a...

Former SEC starting quarterbacks rank South Carolina’s LaNorris Sellers among conference’s elite

On Tuesday, ESPN College Football Live analysts Greg McElroy and Jordan Rodgers, two former starting quarterbacks in the SEC at Alabama and Vanderbilt, respectively, ranked their top signal-callers in the Southeastern Conference. Both men ranked...

Beshear in South Carolina to share Democratic party success story

Lowcountry executive elected South Carolina Bankers Association chairman

A Lowcountry bank executive has been elected chairman of a statewide organization. Richard Sturm, regional president of the Carolinas for Ameris Bank in Mount Pleasant, has been elected chairman of the South Carolina Bankers Association, according...

Rolls-Royce expands US manufacturing with $75 mn investment in South Carolina

Rolls-Royce has announced a $75 million investment to expand its engine manufacturing operations in Aiken, South Carolina, aimed at increasing production of mtu Series 4000 engines. The expansion will introduce new machining capabilities and...