Patton scored six runs in the first inning and defeated Polk County 10-0 in Wednesday’s non-conference softball game in Morganton. The Panthers (4-5) added two more runs in the second inning and ...

COLUMBUS—Bonnie Brae Veterinary Hospital will mark its 35th anniversary with a community celebration on Wednesday, April 1, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. The event will feature a partnership with Foothills ...

Polk County Middle School’s model bridge building team came tantalizingly close to capturing the school’s seventh state ...

COLUMBUS—A recent grant from donors to the Polk County Community Foundation is helping the Polk County History Museum better showcase and protect its collection of historical artifacts. “Thanks to a ...

I’ve been thinking about coyotes lately. Sleeping with the windows open, it’s not unusual to be lulled to sleep by Coyote song. From my cultural viewpoint, Coyote is a Trickster. Tricksters break ...

The small trophy never lets Aaron Greene forget how and where his journey to leadership began. It sits quietly in his home office, nothing remarkable about its appearance, yet everything notable about ...

For the first time in seven years, a Polk County High School band has earned the highest possible rating at the Western District Music Performance Assessment, sweeping Superior ratings from all judges ...

COLUMBUS—The Town of Columbus has been awarded more than $10.7 million in state funding for water and wastewater ...

POLK COUNTY– Polk County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday morning that a wanted subject was taken into custody after it and other area law enforcement searched the Smith Waldrop Rd. area of Mill ...

LANDRUM—Two people were killed Monday evening in a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck on Highway 14 near the intersection of Oak Grove Road, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.

FOOTHILLS—Our area saw its first significant snowfall of the season on Saturday, as steady snow fell for much of the day following last weekend’s ice event. Snow began falling around 3 a.m. Saturday ...

No official timeline available for reopening section of road between Tryon, Saluda TRYON—Residents in Polk County are voicing renewed frustration over the lack of visible progress on repairs to ...