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All were taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital for treatment. An updated condition of the victims was unavailable Thursday, but police said their wounds were not life threatening. One of those shots may have been a bystander. By By: Ryan T. Fitzpatrick ALBANY – Shots rang out on First Street Wednesday night, wounding four people […]

Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) pardoned nearly 100 people between Jan. 16, 2023 and Jan. 16 of this year.

Wilma Hinds passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Claremore Daily Progress on 2024-02-03.

Anderson University students dug into the story of one of Anderson Countys known lynching victims. Their work was made public as the traveling Anderson Area Remembrance Coalitions sculpture took its

Anderson University will display a remembrance sculpture dedicated to five victims of racial violence that occurred between 1894-1911. What to know.

Anderson soil is now stored at the Legacy Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, which stores jars of soil from lynching sites around the United States. .

Mr. William Michael "Big Mike" Swander, 62, of Woodbury, Tennessee passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022. He was born in Fremont, Ohio on Sunday, January 24, 1960. Preceding him in death were his adopted parents, Delbert and Anna Swander, and brother, Larry Swander. He is survived by his wife,…

Email A local group wants to remember five victims of lynching in Anderson County. These are their stories. Alongside information from the local reconciliation group, the Independent Mail searched newspaper archives to find information about the victims. Caitlin Herrington, Anderson Independent Mail Published 4:59 pm UTC May. 3, 2021 A group of Anderson County residents is working with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to remember victims of lynchings in the area.  The five people identified ...

Published 10:58 am UTC May. 3, 2021 Elbert Harris was in police custody in Iva on May 20, 1898, when a group of 20 white men seized him. He had been arrested and charged with arson, according to an Anderson Intelligencer report. They beat and whipped him, and Harris died four days later at the Anderson County jail. The Lancaster News reported Harris was around 18 years old. A portion of a newspaper article on the case of Elbert Harris from the Oct. 17, 1900 issue of The Intelligencer.Courtesy...