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Friday, May 10, 2013  A Spartanburg man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison in what authorities have called a plot to randomly shoot at and kill people.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Bond has been denied for a man charged with murder after his parents were found shot to death at their Fairfield County home.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A Spartanburg man has pleaded no contest to his role in what authorities have called a plot to randomly shoot at people and kill them.

Saturday, April 06, 2013  Investigators in Anderson County have determined the identity of a toddler abandoned at a local home and have arrested her parents.

Monday, March 11, 2013  A man is in jail Monday night after Sumter Sheriff's deputies say a 37-year-old man was killed on the side of a Sumter County road.

Sunday, March 03, 2013  A Conway man charged with murder in the death of a Coastal Carolina University is staying behind bars after a bond hearing.

Monday, February 11, 2013  The South Carolina Attorney General's Office says it can't release additional details about a former sheriff who pleaded guilty to wrongdoing.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The lawsuit seeks class-action status on behalf of all readers who felt misled by Armstrong's denials of drug use in "It's Not About The Bike," published in 2000, and "Every Second Counts," published three years later.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  A judge has ruled against a former top recruit on the University of South Carolina women's soccer team who sued the school saying she was denied a scholarship renewal because of unwanted advances.

Monday, January 07, 2013  A man walking on a sidewalk in Lexington County Sunday night was hit by a vehicle and killed.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  The Richland County Election Commission dealt with several protests over the November 6 election Monday.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal over a South Carolina program that allows high school students to earn elective credit toward graduation through off-campus religious courses.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  The state's NAACP is concerned about another potential voting controversy.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his 2-year-old son and encasing his body in concrete.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Officials in St. Maarten say a suspect has confessed to a role in the slaying of a South Carolina couple in the Dutch Caribbean country.