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Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frantic call leads police to 3 missing women in Cleveland home; 3 brothers arrested

Friday, April 19, 2013  A Gaston man accused of assaulting his wife with a box cutter is wanted by the  Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Richland County deputies are looking for robbery suspects.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A pig pardoned by the Piggly Wiggly grocery chain and sent to a farm to live out the rest of its life has been shot to death after it escaped from its pen in Charleston County.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  South Carolina's inmate work release program has been around for more than 40 years.

Friday, March 08, 2013  Authorities have captured an inmate they say walked away from a pre-release center in Charleston.

Monday, February 25, 2013  A medical student who survived a genocidal attack on a hospital in Burundi is bringing the story of his escape from the Hutu-Tutsi conflict to the University of South Carolina.

Friday, February 22, 2013  A USC student who pleaded guilty to DUI last week now knows the legal price she'll pay.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  Paris in the early 1800's was a real drag for princes and paupers alike, making the perfect backdrop for a story of redemption for one man, and the socio-liberation of Frances wretchedly poor from bourgeoisie high society.

Friday, January 11, 2013  The two robbers have escaped despite an extensive search of the department store.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  The daring escape from the downtown high-rise Metropolitan Correctional Center had them descending almost 20 stories using a makeshift rope.

Sunday, December 09, 2012  An inmate has escaped from a medium-security state prison in Sumter County.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A 25-year-old man who escaped from the Pickens County jail last week has surrendered after telling a deputy he was cold and hungry.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A South Carolina inmate who walked away from a crew doing grounds maintenance in a remote part of Fort Jackson has been recaptured.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Columbia Police and officials from the Department of Juvenile Justice are looking for two of three escaped inmates who broke out of a DJJ van in downtown Columbia near an eye doctor's office on Taylor St.