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Wednesday, May 15, 2013  The Legislature elected a House member's father to the Medical University of South Carolina board after he agreed to pay higher property taxes at his beach home.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say strong currents in the Ashepoo River likely contributed to the drowning of a 13-year-old Beaufort boy.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  A house fire leaves a man and his daughter dead.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Sistercare took time to honor women who have survived domestic violence on Tuesday.

Sunday, April 21, 2013  A 2-year-old Greenville County boy has been hospitalized after authorities say he accidentally shot himself with his father's gun.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  A Cowpens man accused of killing his father earlier this year has been released after an autopsy determined the victim died of heart-related problems and drug intoxication.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  The Supreme Court is trying to sort out a wrenching adoption case involving a Native American child, a biological father who first renounced any interest in her and adoptive parents who were eventually ordered to hand her over to the father.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Rick Hoyt has run, biked and swum with his father in 1,092 races — including 252 triathlons, 70 marathons and 95 half-marathons — over the past 34 years, including a wartime race in El Salvador in which they had to be escorted by armed men.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Maine Attorney General Janet Mills says the state is joining South Carolina and other states in defending the federal Indian Child Welfare Act in a case going before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Wednesday's announcement of the first South American Pontiff is giving local Catholics lots to be excited about.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned a settlement involving the estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A man is accused of exposing himself in front of a father and his 10-year-old daughter on Sunday in Columbia.

Sunday, February 10, 2013  The Rock Hill Herald reported Friday that Hamilton Morales is charged with unlawful conduct toward a child.

Monday, February 04, 2013  The mixed-race daughter of the late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his political career has died. Essie Mae Washington-Williams was 87.

Thursday, January 31, 2013  Beauty can be found anywhere if you're looking, even in an isolated community on the edge of Earth. Some call it the swamp. Some call it the bayou. A little girl named Hushpuppy called it home.