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Friday, June 14, 2013  Tipsters who report drunken drivers in Columbia can get a $100 reward under a new initiative.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A judge has agreed to a 10-year sentence reduction for a woman convicted in a Greenville County dismemberment case.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A Greenville County jury has convicted a Travelers Rest man in the death of a 20-month-old girl two years ago.

Thursday, May 30, 2013  A leader of a South Carolina chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for his role in a drug and weapons crime ring.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  Authorities say a 46-year-old man on death row for killing a fellow inmate killed himself.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013  South Carolina's highest court says some sex offenders should have the chance to challenge a ruling ordering them to be electronically monitored for life.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Jodi Arias trial now turns to whether she should live or die for killing her lover in 2008

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A 22-year-old Chapin man is accused of physically abusing a 4-month-old child, according to Lexington County Sheriff James Metts.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A man who spent more than a decade on South Carolina's death row for killing three women has died.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A 53-year-old self-styled street preacher who teamed up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with bogus Craigslist job offers has been sentenced to death in Ohio.

Monday, March 25, 2013  A former police chief in Westminster has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from the Oconee County town.

Monday, March 18, 2013  Rape trial ended, Ohio city and storied football program remain under investigators' scrutiny

Friday, March 15, 2013  Authorities say a former Orangeburg County coroner stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the funeral home he worked at for nearly 30 years.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for a Moncks Corner shooting death nearly two years ago.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A Spartanburg woman has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a driver in a vehicle nearly two years ago.