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Case proceeds against Anderson County Sheriff's Office ANDERSON CO., S.C. — A partial settlement was reached Wednesday for the family of an Upstate 2-year-old boy who fatally shot himself with a deputy's gun in July 2012. The family of Josiah Tate had filed a lawsuit...

A lawsuit in federal court against Camden Military Academy alleges that the school’s dean of students engaged in sexually “inappropriate conversations, innuendos and conduct” with a minor child identified only as A.M. at the school. The dean, John Heflin,...

It’s a historic Midlands school that transforms young men into military leaders. One California family, Camden Military Academy left its mark in a different way, saying that it injured their son psychologically. That’s nearly an exact quote from a new lawsuit against...

Services are a funny thing because you don’t think about them until you need them. Heating and air, attorneys, apartment complexes and even mechanics are things we don’t think about on a daily basis. But when we need them, it’s important to go to the right people....

When 20 of the area's up and coming leaders under age 40 were honored Tuesday at the Civic Center of Anderson, the new challenges were hardly subtle. "There is life after 40," emcee Butch Hughes said as he held up a trophy that goes to The Independent Mail's 15 over...

Chris Thompson, left, the grandmother of Josiah Tate, is sworn in by Judge Alex Macaulay on Friday. She is sitting next to attorney Josh Allen in the Anderson County Courthouse. Josiah, 2, died in July 2012 after picking up a deputy's loaded gun and shooting himself....

Chris Thompson, left, grandmother of Josiah Tate, sits in the Anderson County Courthouse on Friday. Tate, 2, died in July 2012 after picking up a deputy's gun and shooting himself. By Nikie Mayo of the Independent Mail See Original Article The Anderson County...

Defense attorney Druanne White talks to Raphael Parks during his hearing. White argues that Parks should be immune from prosecution in the shooting of Timothy Pickens under the Protection of Persons and Property Act. By Mike Ellis of the Independent Mail See Original...

By Michael Dayton As a former defensive end at the University of South Carolina, Anderson lawyer Chuck Allen can talk football. But these days, he’s talking about the legal victory he scored for two high school athletes: Cameron Ford of T.L. Hanna High School in...

By Michael Dayton A Colorado company that removed an electronic monitor from a Pickens County criminal suspect shortly before he murdered a Clemson woman has agreed to settle a lawsuit for nearly $1 million. Behavioral Interventions, Inc. denied liability for the...