A Batesburg-Leesville local business is hosting the first festival celebrating craft beer and the local community on August 9.

A new look is coming to South Carolina driver's licenses and identification cards. The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles unveiled the designs Tuesday.

It’s basically been held together with duct tape and bailing wire,” one official said. But leaders in the Midlands town remain divided on the plan that’s in motion to fix it.

A new development in Batesburg-Leesville could bring nearly 700 new neighbors; it’s called the Creekside Ridge Development.