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Date: 
Friday, December 5, 2014
Jackie Lee Blanding was walking home on Anderson Drive when he was struck by Jon Daughenbaugh who was driving a pickup truck. He was declared dead at the scene. Daughenbaugh did not realize he had hit someone until he got home and saw the damage on his vehicle and heard sirens. He was reportedly under the influence of alcohol at the time. More information as it is available.
Date: 
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The victim was walking east on State 86 in Anderson County at about 8 p.m. Tuesday when a pickup truck veered off the side of the road, hit Varick Scott Kimbrell, 43, and collided with a fence. The pickup then left the scene of the accident, but a witness was able to get the truck's tag number, and the driver was identified as Jason Yeargin of Piedmont. Yeargin was charged with felony DUI and hit and run involving death.