Today's News

The Army Corps of Engineers 1-month open public notice for a 60-acre site just south of Interstate 64 in Simpsonville closed Thursday under a cloud of secrecy from officials and a batch of requests from residents in that area.

The property, located at the intersection of Buck Creek and Veechdale roads at the end of Exit 28 off of Interstate 64, is the proposed site of a 9-building, 355,000 square foot outlet mall facility owned by Horizon Group Properties.

LAWRENCEBURG – The Collins softball team came up just short in its quest for a second district title.

Host Anderson County outlasted the Titans, 8-6, in the 30th District Tournament final on a sometimes rainy Thursday night.

The Bearcats built an early, 7-2 lead, then held off Collins’ comeback in a matchup between the past two district winners (Anderson won last year, the Titans in 2011).

Jessica Buckler (left) and Sulmi Gomez worked on parallelograms in Jolie Carwile’s class at West Middle School. Sulmi received assistance with sign language from Amy Windhurst (center). The students were charged with figuring out the square footage of a rug whose angles changed to a rectangle. Sulmi was also happy to share, through her interpreter, that she had been to Washington, D.C., thanks to a school fund-raiser.

Cornerstone Christian Academy third grader Elliot Cable brings George Washington to school for an assignment in teacher April Lumbatis’ history class that tasked students with portraying a famous American historical figure.