Anderson County Emergency Management, dive teams, EMS, fire, and uniform patrol were dispatched to Sadlers Creek State Park at Lake Hartwell due to reports of a boat sinking in the area on Saturday, January 12. Upon arrival, deputies reported that all passengers had safely reached shore without injuries.

Four people participating in a fishing tournament in South Carolina were rescued when their boat sank and one was rushed to the hospital, where she later died.

An Aiken woman is dead after a boat sank on Lake Hartwell near Sadlers Creek State Park. The Anderson County Coroner confirmed 25-year-old Kimberely Gomillion passed away from the incident. Investigators say the group of four was out on the lake for a private striped bass fishing tournament Saturday morning

The Aiken Department of Public Safety has arrested a second suspect in connection with the shooting death of the shooting death of William Lee Mathis Jr. An Orangeburg County man is facing several charges after deputies arrested him in connection with a 2023 Holly Hill murder.