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Monday, May 13, 2013  Authorities say a motorcyclist traveling at speeds of more than 100 mph died in a crash near Camden as he fled Kershaw County deputies.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Wednesday marked the final day of drilling for the Planetarium's foundation.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Students from colleges throughout the Southeast tested whether their concrete boats would sink or swim Friday at the American Society of Civil Engineers' Regional Conference on Lake Murray.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Can concrete float?  Engineering students from the University of South Carolina are hoping the answer is yes, as they compete  in the American Society of Civil Engineers' regional conference on Friday.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  The person killed in a wreck that closed part of SC-277 Tuesday has been identified.

Monday, March 11, 2013  The 6-foot-thick concrete foundation for South Carolina's new nuclear plant has been poured in Fairfield County.

Friday, January 25, 2013  The company building two new nuclear reactors in Fairfield County says it has laid off some workers.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  A judge in Charleston has sentenced a woman to 15 years in prison for her part in the death of a child whose body was found encased in concrete.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A South Carolina man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his 2-year-old son and encasing his body in concrete.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  The former girlfriend of a man charged with killing his young son and then putting the body in a trash can filled with concrete says he wiped the victim with peroxide to get rid of fingerprints

Monday, October 08, 2012  The trial is getting under way this week in the case of a South Carolina man charged with killing his young son and then putting the body in a trash can filled with 400 pounds of concrete.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  Churches in Irmo have been vandalized, and the Richland County Sheriff's Department is hoping the community can help identify suspects involved in the crimes.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Authorities say one of two inmates who escaped from the Anderson County jail by chiseling away concrete blocks in their cell has been recaptured.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Deputies say two men have escaped from the Anderson County jail after chiseling through concrete blocks.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  Berkeley County Sheriff Wayne DeWitt said Wednesday that investigators were led to the trash bin in Bowman after interviewing the father of Rodricus Fred Williams and the father's girlfriend.