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

Today at 3:35 AM  Road reopens after an ammonium nitrate spill in Newberry County Monday night.

Yesterday at 10:15 AM  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.

Yesterday at 6:06 AM  One person is dead as a result of a motorcycle versus car accident in Orangeburg County.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Federal accident investigators recommended Tuesday that states cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half, matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to hear concerns as it considers how to replace a pair of bridges on U.S. 378 east of Columbia.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A 20-year-old York man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony driving under the influence in the death of his girlfriend last year.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Authorities have released the names of three men who died after the car they were in ran off a road in Chester County and hit a tree.

Monday, May 06, 2013  South Carolina state troopers say three men have died after the car they were in ran off a road in Chester County and hit a tree.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Two men have been killed in a wreck near Conway.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The Senate Finance Committee has approved a budget proposal that expands full-day 4-year-old kindergarten, gives state workers a slight raise, and puts more troopers on the highways.

Monday, April 29, 2013  A Lexington man is dead after a high speed chase early Monday.

Saturday, April 27, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Public Safety and State Highway Patrol held their 25th annual Memorial Service for highway fatality victims Saturday.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A Spartanburg woman has been charged in an early morning hit-and-run crash that killed a 23-year-old woman.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Authorities in Spartanburg County are investigating a deadly hit-and-run accident.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Six people have been arrested and two young children are in protective custody after a meth lab bust, according to the Newberry County Sheriff's Office.