WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: A Disaster Recovery Center will open in Oconee County to provide in-person assistance to South Carolinians affected by Hurricane Helene. Oconee CountyBountyland Education Campus100 Vocational DriveSeneca, SC 29672Open Oct. 23-25, 8 a.m. 7 p.m. Additional Disaster Recovery Centers are scheduled to open in other South Carolina counties. Click here to find cent  more

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, Oct. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Carolina issued the following news release: Three members of an Upstate drug ring have been sentenced to federal prison and the final member has pleaded guilty for their role in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy. Richard Brian Walker, 49, of Chesnee, was sentenced to 270 months' imprisonment. Walker additionally pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a sh  more