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Cheddar firefighters race to a burning truck Wednesday evening on Mill Street Extension near Williamston. The truck was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The two occupants escaped uninjured. (Photo by David Rogers)
Lincoln Energy Solutions, a provider of biofuels solutions and related services is expanding their Belton facility by constructing new storage tanks. The new tanks will provide 1.5 million gallons of storage capacity for ethanol and 400,000 gallons of storage space for biodiesel fuel. Additionally, a 225,000 gallon water tank is being built as part of the foam fire suppression system for tank fire protection in accordance to National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) standards.
A motorcycle rider was injured Friday night after he struck a car on Anderson Highway. A car was apparently entering Anderson Highway from Loveland Drive when the motorcycle struck it.
Anderson County Greg Shore along with Whitefield firefighters survey the scene of a fatal accident Thursday afternoon.
Cheddar firefighters work at the scene of a single vehicle accident Saturday evening on Blount Road in which the driver was fatally injured.
Whitefield firefighters work at the scene of a two vehicle accident at the intersection of Broadway School Road and Cox Lake Road Saturday morning. A van and SUV collided sending a passenger in the van to the hospital. (Photo by David Rogers)
Anderson County Sheriff’s Animal Control Officers seized seven horses last week from property on Dorchester Rd. in Belton after receiving a complaint about horses that appeared to be at severe risk of malnourishment.
By Stan Welch
The Big Creek Water District will begin replacing more than 24 miles of old water lines in the coming weeks, according to general manager Chuck Cortez. Cortez told The Journal that 128,000 feet of line, originally installed in the late Sixties and early Seventies will be replaced over the next several months. The old line, comprised of PVC pipe, will be replaced by iron pipe, which Cortez says should have a life of seventy to eighty years. “Hopefully, we won’t have to do this again anytime soon.”
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Three people were arrested Saturday for selling couterfeit items at the Jockey Lot. Anderson County Sheriff’s Office and South Carolina Secretary of State’s Office Investigators conducted a counterfeit merchandise sweep Saturday at the Anderson Jockey Lot which resulted in counterfeit merchandise valued at over $50,000 being seized.
Williamston and Pelzer EMS work to assist an injured man following an accident at the intersection of Highway 29 and Welcome Road Tuesday night. The man was taken to an area hospital following the two car wreck that shut down Hwy. 29 for about an hour. (Photo by David Rogers)
