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Worker Killed, 2 Others Injured in South Carolina Plant Accident

Dec 7 2016 // Authorities say one worker is dead and two other injured after a pipe with hot chemicals burst at a plant that makes plastics used in bottles in Calhoun County, S.C.Coroner Donnie Porth told media outlets that the solution...

Train Carrying BMWs Derails in South Carolina; Damages 97 Cars

Dec 7 2016 // Authorities say a train carrying BMWs from an automaking plant in South Carolina derailed on Sunday and that 97 of the vehicles were damaged. Multiple media organizations report that the train carrying nearly 100 cars was...

Recent Rain Does Little to Ease South Carolina Drought

Dec 6 2016 // South Carolina’s Upstate region remains in drought conditions despite rain in recent days. A new drought map issued by the state on Thursday finds Oconee, Pickens and Anderson counties still in severe drought...

County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters

Dec 5 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...

South Carolina Church Ordered to Halt For-Hire Bus Service After Fatal Crash

Nov 18 2016 // A South Carolina church that owned the bus involved in a collision that killed four people in September was ordered on Monday to stop for-hire operations, federal authorities said.Sandy River Baptist Church failed to make...

County Farmers in South Carolina Uncertain of Future After Devastating Disasters

Nov 17 2016 // The Double R Farm in South Carolina has produced abundant crops for four generations of Rabon family farmers here, and despite the double whammy of record rains during the October harvest last year and last month’s...

Lighthouse Management Hires Vizzini as North Carolina Marketing Rep

Nov 14 2016 // Lighthouse Management LLC has appointed Laura Vizzini as marketing representative for North Carolina.Vizzini comes to Lighthouse with seven years of experience in the insurance industry having worked as a sales agent, team...

South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Residents Warned of Storm Scammers

Nov 1 2016 // Authorities are urging residents in North Myrtle Beach to be wary of scammers who claim to be part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and offer to help remove debris in the wake of Hurricane Matthew. The North...

Drought Committee Address Dryness in Western Carolinas as Floods Subside

Oct 28 2016 // As the last river finally falls below major flood stage near the coast, a rapidly worsening drought is killing crops and causing hard-to-fight wildfires in rugged terrain in western North Carolina and South Carolina.The...

South Carolina Extends Emergency Consumer Protections to 15 More Counties

Oct 26 2016 // South Carolina Director of Insurance Ray Farmer has extended consumer protections provided under an emergency regulation order to 15 additional South Carolina counties with damage resulting from Hurricane Matthew.Farmer...

South Carolina’s 2 Extremes: Part of State Recovers From Flood, Other Part in Drought

Oct 26 2016 // As one part of South Carolina continues to recover from flooding caused by Hurricane Matthew, another area is suffering a drought.The Greenville News reports Upstate residents are being asked to conserve by limiting...

Damage to South Carolina Crops from Hurricane Matthew May Rival 2015 Flooding

Oct 24 2016 // South Carolina Department of Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers says crops in some areas of the state may have sustained as much damage from Hurricane Matthew as they did from last year’s historic flooding.The...

South Carolina Nursing Home Accused of Negligence After Resident Drowns in Puddle

Oct 19 2016 // David Outlaw was a survivor, so much so that his brother can’t believe how he died, drowning in a puddle, pinned underneath his wheelchair after being left alone at the height of Hurricane Matthew to smoke outside...

Hurricane Matthew May Be Gone, But Insurance Industry’s Work is Just Starting

Oct 14 2016 // It’s been nearly a week since Hurricane Matthew ravaged the Southeast coast but the insurance industry’s job of responding to the devastation and assessing the total cost of damage from the storm is just...

North Carolina Prepares for More Flooding in Wake of Matthew

Oct 11 2016 // Hurricane Matthew is gone, but the disaster it unleashed will slowly unfold this week as rivers across eastern North Carolina rise to levels unseen since a similar deluge flooded thousands of homes and businesses during...

Matthew Update: 1 Million Still Without Power; Death Toll Rises

Oct 10 2016 // Almost 1 million customers were still without power in the U.S. Southeast Monday after Hurricane Matthew brought devastating wind gusts and flooding to North Carolina, leaving at least 10 dead in the state.Duke Energy...

Hurricane Matthew Smashed Haiti Villages; Death Count Near 900

Oct 9 2016 // Hurricane Matthew killed almost 900 people and displaced tens of thousands in Haiti before plowing northward on Saturday just off the southeast U.S. coast where it caused major flooding and widespread power outages.The...

Southeast Turns to Recovery from Matthew; Reports of Deaths, Rescues, Power Outages

Oct 9 2016 // Residents of the southeastern United States ravaged by Hurricane Matthew turned their focus on Monday toward recovery and clean-up, but officials in several states warned that deadly flooding could continue as swollen...

South Carolina, Florida Order Evacuations as Hurricane Matthew Approaches Southeast

Oct 5 2016 // The governors of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina have ordered a State of Emergency for each of their respective states as Hurricane Matthew makes its way up the Southeast coast after battering Haiti and Cuba.The...

Apartment Fire Near South Carolina’s Myrtle Beach Leaves 17 Homeless

Sep 30 2016 // Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of a fire that damaged 12 apartments near Myrtle Beach, S.C., leaving 17 people homeless.Media outlets report that the fire broke out late Tuesday afternoon at the complex...