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Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Encouraging young children to be active and eat healthy foods are parts of a new initiative for South Carolina's daycare centers.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Police say a man made a threatening phone call to a daycare in Columbia Thursday prompting a temporary evacuation of the center.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  A Greer woman has been sent to 50 years in prison after being convicted of child abuse at a daycare center.

Friday, April 06, 2012  An employee at an Aynor daycare is facing a cruelty to children charge after police say she was caught on tape assaulting an infant with a chair.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  BI-LO has launched a new and innovative free field trip initiative chain-wide called the BI-LO Food Detectives Program, which is focused on helping children make healthy eating choices.

Monday, August 15, 2011  Mayor Steve Benjamin visited the Children's Garden childcare center Monday morning for an up close and personal experience on the center's services and day to day routine.

Friday, July 08, 2011  The Department of Social Services is investigating a daycare center near Charleston where a toddler wandered away earlier this week.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Officials say one person is dead and another is recovering after a shooting that happened in the front yard of a northeast Richland County home daycare.  The Richland County Sheriff's Department says they responded 1612 Summit Ridge Drive for a report of shots fired Tuesday morning.  They arrived to find 18-year-old Henry Ellison dead after shooting himself in the front yard.  Ellison's 21-year-old girlfriend was found inside the residence with a non-life threatening gunshot wounds.

Monday, February 14, 2011  Sex offenders must now live a thousand feet from schools, day care centers, and churches.

Monday, December 20, 2010  Child safety proposals up for debate next year include measures that would bar teens from sexting and require people who operate a daycare in their homes to have parents' written permission to spank their children.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009  The trial of a South Carolina woman charged with killing three children in her home day care is under way.

Friday, November 21, 2008  A Richland County woman faces charges, accused of fracturing a 3-month-old boy's skull at a daycare center.

Friday, November 21, 2008  Richland County deputies arrested a daycare worker on charges of unlawful conduct toward a child after authorities say the child sustained a head injury while in her care.