Veteran Lonnie Hancock, 43, and Valentin Quiroz, 21, both died after they jumped into the water to save the teen ...

WLTX reports the teenager was fishing with his family when he stumbled on rocks and fell into a river in Ridgeway.

Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan praised the two men during a press conference on Monday, calling their actions heroic and ...

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. — Two men who drowned in the Wateree River last Saturday lost their lives in an act of heroism, Kershaw County Sheriff Lee Boan said in a press conference Monday.

Two men who died attempting to save a teenager from drowning over the weekend in Lake Wateree were praised as heroes by ...

An autopsy confirmed it took only a matter of seconds for both 43-year-old retired U.S. Navy veteran, Lonnie Hancock and ...

Lonnie A. Hancock, 43, of 354 Niblick Drive, died Satur 8, 2025. The family is receiving friends at the home 354 Niblick Drive,  Sumter. Services have been entrusted to the staff and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The community continues to mourn the loss of 21-year-old Valentin Quiroz and 43-year-old Lonnie Hancock, who both tragically died this past Saturday while attempting to rescue a ...