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Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A student at Coastal Carolina University has died after a shooting near the campus in Conway.

Monday, November 19, 2012  A man already serving a prison term in South Carolina now faces a capital murder charge after his indictment on charges related to the fatal shooting of an off-duty Norfolk police officer in Virginia Beach.

Friday, August 17, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley is scheduled to visit Bennettsville to give constituents a chance to sit down and chat.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a former state employee and former state trooper worked together to defraud the state out of more than $500,000.

Friday, April 29, 2011  A man who holed up in a house in Bennettsville for more than 16 hours has been charged with murder after he surrendered to officers.

Wednesday, October 20, 2010  Bennettsville Police Detective Deborah Young says Morrison delivered a stillborn 27-week-old boy Sunday at Marlboro Park Hospital. Young says hospital officials later administered a drug test and Morrison tested positive for cocaine.

Friday, March 19, 2010  The Morning News of Florence reports 20-year-old Kenwood Bright was sentenced Thursday after a jury convicted him of murder last week.

Friday, April 24, 2009  BENNETTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies in South Carolina say two people have been arrested in the shooting death of an Indiana trucker earlier this month. The body of 40-year-old Scott Allen Massom was found in a family member's yard in McColl on April 5th.

Thursday, February 05, 2009  Ex-Bennettsville cop pleads guilty to molesting several boys

Saturday, January 24, 2009  A Bennettsville police officer has been charged with molesting two teenage boys, nine months after a jury indicted him on similar charges with four other boys.

Friday, December 12, 2008  Authorities say a standoff has ended peacefully more than 24 hours after an armed man took a woman hostage.

Thursday, December 11, 2008  Police in the northeastern South Carolina town of Bennettsville say a man is holding a woman hostage and a second woman was wounded as she left the home.