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

Sunday, February 10, 2013  The Greenville News reports that suspended Chapin High School English teacher Scott Compton seeks a closed hearing late this month to ask the Lexington-Richland School District 5 for his job back.

Friday, January 11, 2013  A group of protesters gathered outside of a restaurant in West Columbia Friday after news of the businesses controversial shirts spread this week.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Controversy is swirling around a Midlands taco restaurant Tuesday because of t-shirts that its employees are wearing.

Tuesday, January 01, 2013  For those of you who are warped enough to enjoy profanly intelligent banter during an intensly violent, border-line believable, uber-choreographed action sequence set to a funky 70's groove, then throw in a backdrop of Cival War meets Spaghetti Western, and you have Django Unchained.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  A 24-year-old Johnsonville man has been ordered to spend four years in prison for a racially motivated attack against a black teenager.

Friday, August 10, 2012  Hundreds gather at Wisconsin high school for service honoring 6 killed in Sikh temple shooting

Monday, August 06, 2012  Officials: White supremacist ex-Army man was shooter in Sikh temple attack that killed 6

Thursday, June 28, 2012  Members of the Westboro Baptist Church plan to picket at the memorial services of two fallen South Carolina soldiers.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Ex-Rutgers student who spied on his gay roommate gets 30 days in jail - far less than the max

Friday, March 16, 2012  Former Rutgers student convicted of hate crime, invasion of privacy in webcam suicide case

Tuesday, February 28, 2012  Former defendant due back on stand for second day in Rutgers webcam spying trial

Friday, September 02, 2011  Judge declares mistrial in Southern California teen's trial in gay classmate killing

Tuesday, August 09, 2011 

Monday, June 27, 2011  City council was advised in March to wait on taking action on a teen curfew because stats didn't show a juvenile crime problem.  Do you think there is a problem?

Monday, June 20, 2011  A man is dead after an apparent shooting on I-26 early Monday morning.