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

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A third joint campaign appearance with former Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch has been set in their race for the state's 1st Congressional District seat.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch have accepted invitations to appear together at a second event in their 1st District congressional race.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The House has approved an amended measure allowing the High School League to continue overseeing middle and high school sports in South Carolina.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a Goose Creek man in December.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Legislators say this weekend could decide the fate of the South Carolina High School League.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Berkeley County sheriff's deputies have found the remains of more than 200 dogs behind a home in Goose Creek.

Wednesday, October 31, 2012  State and federal authorities are investigating after a case with radioactive warnings was seized from a locker at a storage business in Goose Creek.

Friday, January 20, 2012  Police in Goose Creek are looking for an armed man who robbed nine members of a Goose Creek church choir during their practice.

Friday, November 18, 2011  Governor Nikki Haley says energy costs will not lead to a shutdown of a plant in Berkeley County that employs about 640 people. Haley toured the Alcoa aluminum-smelting plant near Goose Creek on Thursday.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011  Two firefighters from Goose Creek are recovering after being hit by a motorist late Tuesday.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  Facebook has closed the account of South Carolina prisoner serving 60 years for killing a Goose Creek man.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011  Police say a woman walked outside of her home after hearing banging noises. What she found was a man badly beaten and bleeding excessively with his eye knocked out of its socket.

Tuesday, June 07, 2011  Three teens have been arrested and accused of intimidating a student at Stratford High School in Goose Creek.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011  Authorities say a former Berkeley County sheriff's deputy and his son have been arrested in a video poker crackdown.

Thursday, March 10, 2011  According to an incident report, the father of a student called the police to report his daughter had been sexually assaulted by a peer in class.