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Monday, May 13, 2013  Authorities say a 34-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from a parking garage in Greenville.

Monday, May 13, 2013  The brothers were initially taken into custody but released after investigators said there was no evidence against them.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  A toll road south of Greenville is closing for three days for the taping of a television show.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  A Cowpens man accused of killing his father earlier this year has been released after an autopsy determined the victim died of heart-related problems and drug intoxication.

Friday, April 12, 2013  Authorities say a man and a wife found dead in the backyard of a Greer home each committed suicide.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Authorities have pulled the body of a 65-year-old man from a Charleston County pond.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The suspect in a Columbia kidnapping has been found dead in Calhoun County.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A suspect has been named in an abuduction investigation that began after a woman was taken against her will Tuesday evening.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  North Charleston police are investigating a shooting death.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  The State Law Enforcement Division is investigating the shooting and wounding of an armed man in Greer by two city police officers.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Two Newberry High School students are accused of making the bomb threat that prompted a school evacuation Monday afternoon.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Richland County deputies are looking for a man they say tried to abduct a student Wednesday afternoon.

Friday, March 08, 2013  The State Law Enforcement Division has been called in after threatening letters were sent to Laurens County's two school districts.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  The Charleston County Coroner's Office has released the names of a Kiawah Island man they say shot his wife and then himself.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Authorities have charged a woman with reckless homicide in the death of Kingstree High School's women's basketball coach.