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Sunday, June 09, 2013  The lawsuit, filed in April in Abbeville County, says officials at the Boys Home of the South turned a blind eye to problems that they should have known would ultimately end up with children being harmed.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Authorities say an Abbeville County magistrate traded sex for favorable rulings.

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.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The man who took over earlier this month as Abbeville County sheriff will keep serving in that role for at least a few more months.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  Abbeville County Sheriff Charles Goodwin has been indicted by a state grand jury on a charge of misconduct in office.

Monday, October 15, 2012  A company that does screen printing and embroidery for promotional products is adding 50 new jobs at its Abbeville County facility.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  Prosecutors say a 16-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to taking entry exams for other people at Piedmont Technical College.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Abbeville County officials are asking state police to investigate Sheriff Charles Goodwin amid a sex tape scandal.

Saturday, June 30, 2012  Authorities are waiting for autopsy results to determine if a 71-year-old man found dead in his Calhoun Falls trailer died from the heat.

Saturday, June 30, 2012  The Abbeville County Sheriff has admitted he made a sex tape more than a decade ago.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011  Rita Bixby, who was serving a life sentence for planning the 2003 ambush on her property that killed two officers, has died in prison. She was 79.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  A South Carolina court has denied the appeal of a 79-year-old woman convicted as an accessory in the 2003 killings of two Abbeville County police officers in a dispute over a highway project.

Monday, December 07, 2009  The plot in Abbeville County is the first piece of land in the county to be protected by Upstate Forever.