Latest local news, weather and high school sports from the Midlands

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina Republican group is putting on hold plans its plans to raffle off an AR-15 rifle amid concerns the event is an illegal lottery.

Friday, May 10, 2013  The Greater Bluffton Republican Club is looking for more members and money.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Experts say Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a "disability that doesn't go away" and comes with a range of symptoms.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  The federal Education Department has approved Superintendent Mick Zais' plan for evaluating teachers and principals in South Carolina.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  On a warm winter day Columbia's Five Points looks picture perfect. However one of the city's more popular hospitality and entertainment districts continues to see a string of violence.

Friday, February 08, 2013  Woman accused of witchcraft tortured and burned alive by mob in Papua New Guinea

Monday, January 28, 2013  A colonel with the Department of Natural Resources is back at work after a domestic violence charged against him was dropped.

Friday, January 25, 2013  Republican State Senator Lee Bright is proposing a bill that would make an elective course on gun safety available for high school students.

Friday, December 14, 2012  School shootings, no matter where they happen, spark fear throughout the nation. Midlands professionals have forces in place to help ease those fears.

Friday, December 14, 2012  Emerging from more than a decade at war, military families are confronting a new worry at home: the prospect that a Washington deal over federal spending cuts could chip away at military benefits long considered untouchable.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Authorities have not confirmed her death, but Jenni Rivera's relatives in the U.S. say they have few doubts that she was on the plane.

Friday, November 30, 2012  A Beaufort man has been sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing a man in a restaurant last year.

Monday, November 19, 2012  Maryland is joining the Big Ten, leaving the Atlantic Coast Conference in a shocker of a move in the world of conference realignment.  The university's announcement is to come Monday at a news conference with school President Wallace D. Loh, Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany and athletic director Kevin Anderson.

Monday, November 19, 2012  A colonel with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources has been arrested and charged with criminal domestic violence.

Monday, October 15, 2012  Updated with video: Felix Baumgartner's 24-mile jump from edge of space gives millions on Earth collective moment of awe