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

Friday, May 17, 2013  About 1,500 members of the South Carolina Army National Guard are taking part in five days of training involving potential responses to a natural disaster.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Authorities have released the names of three men who died after the car they were in ran off a road in Chester County and hit a tree.

Monday, May 06, 2013  South Carolina state troopers say three men have died after the car they were in ran off a road in Chester County and hit a tree.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A nonprofit group based in Charleston is organizing volunteers to clean debris from Long Island beaches hammered by Superstorm Sandy.

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

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Tsunami debris experts are setting out to examine a dock that washed ashore on a remote beach in Washington.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  The National Transportation Safety Board says a fan shaft failed on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner engine during a taxi test at Charleston International Airport.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  The National Transportation Safety Board says investigators will dismantle the engine from a Boeing 787 that failed during a taxi test last weekend.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Firefighters say a woman has died after her Aiken home caught fire and rescuers couldn't save her because there were so many of her belongings inside.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Jasper County authorities have released the names of two Columbia women killed in a wreck on Interstate 95 near Hardeeville.

Friday, July 06, 2012  Georgetown County deputies say they have found a dead dog whose legs were bound with tape not far from where firefighters rescued a tied up dog who was tossed into a canal.

Monday, May 21, 2012  A 13-foot alligator swiped a soccer ball near a Hilton head lagoon and while the gator later spit up the ball, he's still lurking in the water.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012  A sink hole developed at the intersection of Pickens and Blossom streets in downtown Columbia.

Monday, March 12, 2012  The Savannah River Site is celebrating a new power plant that will provide half the power the site needs by burning wood chips and other debris from local manufacturing plants that would have been thrown away.

Thursday, February 23, 2012  The Greenville County coroner's office says a woman found dead in a fire at her home in Taylors had been shot in the head several times.