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Monday, February 11, 2013  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is making several stops during a visit to Greenville.

Wednesday, December 05, 2012  One person has been killed and another injured following a chase involving an Anderson County sheriff's deputy.

Wednesday, October 17, 2012  Authorities say the uncle of a 7-month-old girl is charged with homicide by child abuse after the infant died at a Greenville hospital.

Friday, September 14, 2012  A former Winthrop basketball player accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and received probation.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012  A hospital in Greenville is warning 11 brain surgery patients they might have been exposed to a rare brain disease that is always fatal.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  University officials announced Wednesday the accrediting body for U.S. medical schools has awarded preliminary accreditation. The Liaison Committee on Medical Education notified the college and Greenville Hospital System earlier this week of its decision.

Friday, March 04, 2011  Agency spokeswoman Marilyn Matheus said Friday the infant was released a week ago. Matheus says DSS is working out a permanent placement plan with the child's extended family and the courts.

Friday, February 04, 2011  USC already trains medical students at the Greenville Hospital System and school president Harris Pastides says expansion wouldn't cost the state more money. But critics say a new school would dillute the educational quality of the state's existing medical programs in Columbia and Charleston. What do you think about the idea?

Thursday, September 02, 2010  A former University of South Carolina president who's been pushing for an expansion of the medical school to Greenville is being paid more than $200,000 a year by the Greenville Hospital System.