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Thursday, May 02, 2013  A Walterboro couple is accused of stealing a tanker and thousands of gallons of fuel from a Colleton County armory.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A Colleton County jail guard has been accused of giving a female inmate a cellphone so she could exchange nude photos with him.

Saturday, December 01, 2012  Two adults are dead and a teenager is injured after a pickup truck ran into a tree in rural Colleton County.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  State Represenative Bakari Sellers is giving out of pocket fans for senior citizens in his district.

Monday, February 06, 2012  The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Colleton County that injured nine people.

Tuesday, January 03, 2012  A 12-year-old girl has died after a wreck on an all-terrain vehicle in Colleton County.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  State election officials say a review shows Richland and Colleton counties had the biggest problems with counting general election ballots.

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  The state education department's Office of eLearning said Tuesday the seven winners are receiving between $120,000 and $240,000 each.  The districts are Bamberg 1, Colleton County, Dillon 3, Dillon 4, Horry County, Lexington 2, and Marion 7.

Monday, July 25, 2011  The Tuskegee Airmen were honored in Walterboro Sunday as a section of Interstate 95 in Colleton County was named after them.

Friday, March 25, 2011  Authorities say Pamela Malone was hospitalized briefly Wednesday after falling outside a moving vehicle driven by Vivian Lingard.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. wants to build a landfill in Colleton County to dump coal ash from a nearby power plant.

Sunday, January 24, 2010  Law enforcement officials in a South Carolina county are trying to stem a tide of gun violence and gang activity which has led to its highest homicide count in a decade.

Monday, September 28, 2009  A South Carolina county is getting a Red Cross trailer to help in responding to disasters.

Friday, November 21, 2008  Sixteen people have been convicted and 20 cases are pending in a Colleton County insurance scam that authorities say may be the biggest staged accident scheme in South Carolina history.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008  Authorities say an 80-year-old man appears to have been shot to death and his body left beside his car on a rural road in Colleton County.