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

Thursday, June 06, 2013  Five Points Business owners are preparing for the worst.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Last year's election in Richland County was a day of extremely long lines and wait times and npw the election day voting mess is going to cost you a pretty penny to clean up.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A Sumter man has been accused of causing the death of his bed-ridden wife by neglecting her.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Billions of dollars in federal money has paid for repairing and replacing tens of thousands of homes wrecked by flooding.

Wednesday, January 02, 2013  A plant to help clean up waste at a former nuclear facility in South Carolina is years past its completion deadline and millions of dollars over budget.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Councilman Moe Baddourah is hosting a public meeting on efforts to clean up lead contamination at 3 p.m. at the Edisto Discovery Park and Neighborhood Center.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Leaders in one South Carolina town are looking at guidelines that would require many nonprofits to start paying for traffic control, trash cleanup and other costs for races, walks and other events.

Friday, October 05, 2012  Lexington County deputies say they found a man who was running a methamphetamine lab in the tool box attached to the bed of a pickup truck near Irmo.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Groups hosting events in the Town of Lexington may have to pay for future events.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  Thousands of volunteers are heading to South Carolina's beaches and waterways to clean up after litterbugs.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Federal environmental officials will clean up toxic metals found in soil of a Columbia neighborhood.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  Law enforcement is cracking down to clean up the Palmetto state.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  A sink hole developed at the intersection of Pickens and Blossom streets in downtown Columbia.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010  White House energy adviser Carol Browner said on morning TV talk shows that a new assessment found that about 75 percent of the oil has either been captured, burned off, evaporated or broken down in the Gulf.

Friday, July 02, 2010  Complaints are growing that foreign offers of equipment, as well as local fishing boats and volunteers, are being ignored to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico.