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Monday, May 20, 2013  A 50-year-old man fishing in a Greenwood pond has drowned after he fell out of a boat.

Monday, May 20, 2013  The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Authorities say a motorcyclist traveling at speeds of more than 100 mph died in a crash near Camden as he fled Kershaw County deputies.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Authorities say a 34-year-old man committed suicide by jumping from a parking garage in Greenville.

Monday, May 13, 2013  Charleston County authorities have released the name of a man who died in a backhoe accident in North Charleston.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  South Carolina's top jurist says a dispute between Treasurer Curtis Loftis and the board that oversees pension funds for the state's public workers amounts to "political theater."

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

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Authorities have pulled the body of a 65-year-old man from a Charleston County pond.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A Georgia man is dead after a fall from a railroad overpass in South Carolina.

Friday, March 01, 2013  South Carolina Highway Patrol Troopers are searching for clues into a hit and run accident that left a man dead. Authorities say the incident happened around 2:00 am Friday morning along Blaney Road in Kershaw County.

Monday, February 18, 2013  A 44-year-old man has died and his 5-year-old daughter has been hurt after they fell at a Greenville County waterfall.

Thursday, February 14, 2013  A Greenwood woman has been arrested after an autopsy revealed traces of methamphetamine in her infant son's body.

Tuesday, February 05, 2013  Two people are injured after a house fire Tuesday that occurred off of Leesburg Road.

Friday, February 01, 2013  The Epworth Children’s Home has been serving children, providing a safe, stable environment since 1895.

Thursday, December 27, 2012  The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing.