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

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The great-grandson of an 86-year-old Anderson County man found shot to death in his home has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role in the slaying.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Anderson County sheriff's deputies are trying to find out what led to the shooting death of a man near Belton.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A second defendant has pleaded guilty in the killing of an 86-year-old Anderson County man during a robbery two years ago.

Monday, March 11, 2013  A Cayce police officer has been cleared in a chase he started that ended in a wreck in Columbia that killed two men.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A man has pleaded guilty but mentally ill in the death of a Belton man more than a year ago.

Friday, December 14, 2012  The Richland County coroner has identified the two individuals killed in an early  morning crash Friday in downtown Columbia.

Friday, February 24, 2012  Anderson County officials have identified a body with the head, hands and feet removed.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  Keisha Tucker recently moved back to the Dixonville area of Kershaw County to help her mom, who’s battling bone cancer.  She says she didn't realize she was moving back into the middle of a drug battle between police and neighborhood trouble makers.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012  For the second time in just over a week, Kershaw County Sheriff’s Office narcotics investigators have raided a home in the “Dixonville” area of Kershaw County. In this raid, officers arrested four subjects on narcotics violations, but also arrested two individuals for unlawful neglect of a child.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says 24-year-old Brandon Devaul Belton of Ridgeway was arrested Wednesday and charged with misconduct in office and breach of trust with fraudulent intent.

Monday, May 09, 2011  An Anderson man has been charged with attacking his wife and children on Mother's Day.

Monday, September 14, 2009  Black enrollment is down at institutions like USC, Clemson and the College of Charleston.

Friday, July 10, 2009  A Fairfield County jury has convicted a Fairfield County inmate in a 1993 murder case.

Friday, April 24, 2009  The Sumter Sheriff's Office is working to find who vandalized The Bibleway of Sumter church.

Friday, November 28, 2008