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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Officials at the Port of Charleston have intercepted a dangerous intruder.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Animal advocates from throughout the state gathered in Columbia Wednesday to lobby for animal protection legislation.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Richland County deputies are looking for a robber that could be armed and dangerous.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Columbia police are looking for a 17-year-old wanted in the shooting of a man whose death is first reported slaying in the city this year.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Thursday, March 28, 2013  AT&T is visiting the University of South Carolina campus to talk about the dangers of texting while driving.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  As beaches across the country get ready for college kids to take holiday vacation, this movie came out just in time to remind the rest of us to head for the hills. There are few things in life more annoying than a loud crowd of college drunkards. The movie Spring Breakers turned out to be one of those things.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Horry County Council will not get involved in a continuing legal fight over helicopter rides on the Grand Strand.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Williamsburg County sheriff's deputies are looking for an inmate who walked away from a federal prison near Salters.

Friday, February 15, 2013  The state Department of Transportation is moving ahead with a $5 million plan to improve safety on a dangerous stretch of Interstate 26.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  A strong line of storms passed through the Midlands Wednesday.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Four people are safe after evacuating a midnight fire in their home.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  South Carolina's prisons agency is seeking additional money to better protect officers who watch over the state's most violent inmates.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  The daring escape from the downtown high-rise Metropolitan Correctional Center had them descending almost 20 stories using a makeshift rope.

Sunday, November 25, 2012  A two-ton great white shark is spending the holiday feasting off South Carolina's shores.