Two men lost their lives after jumping into the rushing water near South Carolina's Wateree Dam to save a 13-year-old who fell in.

The second victim in a search across the Tail Race portion of Wateree River has been found. The victims have been identified ...

The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources divers recovered two drowning victims from Lake Wateree on Sunday.

Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan praised the two men during a press conference on Monday, calling their actions heroic and ...

The men died while trying to rescue a 13-year-old boy who had fallen into the river near the Wateree Dam. “This is more of a hero story than it is a drowning story,” Boan said. “That’s ...

Efforts to upgrade floodgates like Duke did at Lake Wateree in South Carolina are expensive, Jones said. “Those same kinds of investments have not been made at the Mountain Island dam ...

That’s behind the Wateree Dam, West said. When emergency responders got to the river, they learned there were two victims, according to the release. One body was recovered Saturday night, WIS reported ...

When Duke Energy opened Cowans Ford Dam’s floodgates ... with the exception of Lake Wateree, has never risen to the top.” Flooding is unavoidable when forecasts aren’t accurate enough ...

That’s behind the Wateree Dam, West said. When emergency responders got to the river, they learned there were two victims, according to the release. One body was recovered Saturday night ...