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Tuesday, February 12, 2013  A new law passed by member of Congress Monday prohibits people from unlocking their cell phones.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  AAA Carolinas is honoring the Town of Irmo.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  It's time again for the South Carolina State Fair, and Sheriff Leon Lott has tips to keep you and your family safe.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012  The Richland County Sheriff's Department is requesting the community’s help in locating Willie Harden Gray Jr, 28 wanted for 2 counts of Kidnapping, 3 counts of Armed Robbery, 1 count of Assault & Battery 1st degree.

Monday, August 13, 2012  A new government survey shows 12 states now have very high obesity rates.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Wireless Emergency Alerts will have cell phones buzzing in the near future.

Monday, April 30, 2012  Prison officials in South Carolina are working to keep cell phones from reaching inmates.

Monday, March 05, 2012  The Lexington County Sheriff’s Department wants your old cell phones. It’s collecting used mobile phones for Cell Phones for Soldiers.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  A person selects pre-paid type mobile phones and carries them to another location in the store where he will cut open the packaging, conceal the phones on his person and flee.

Monday, September 12, 2011  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies have done it again. Sheriff Matthews says while conducting a traffic stop, deputies seized a significant amount of contraband headed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections facility in Columbia.

Monday, August 22, 2011  New studdies show that addictions to cell phones, with the instant access to information and communication, are creating new stressors as Americans send 1.56 trillion texts a year.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  The South Carolina Department of Corrections houses roughly 23,000 male and female inmates across the state and many of them are getting things inside prison walls that are worth big money

Sunday, July 24, 2011  Kershaw Co. deputies confiscate one-pound packs of tobacco and cell phones during traffic stop on I-20.

Tuesday, May 31, 2011  An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing details from dozens of published studies.

Wednesday, March 02, 2011  South Carolina legislators are debating whether to bar teens from sexting.