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 ...

Around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Kershaw County emergency response teams and the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) were called for a drowning in the Tail Race just under the Wateree Dam.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...