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

Monday, June 10, 2013  Home- and business-owners are cleaning up the day after a flash flood swept through the area.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Tens of thousands of South Carolinians addicted to drugs or alcohol will become eligible for health insurance under the federal health care overhaul.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A woman accused of cashing a fraudulent check turned herself in to deputies Tuesday morning.

Thursday, October 18, 2012 

Tuesday, April 03, 2012  The Richland County Health Department has opened the doors of a local eye care clinic to help uninsured people with their eye health.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  South Carolina drivers with certain license suspensions may be able to reduce or clear the remaining tiime of their suspension with the help of a Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) program that will be held in March.

Monday, January 23, 2012  AP IMPACT: Crude new meth recipe fills hospitals with burn patients, contributes to closures

Monday, November 07, 2011  South Carolina will reduce the amount of money it pays to about a third of the state's hospitals as compensation for treating uninsured and indigent patients.

Thursday, October 20, 2011  Free Los Angeles medical clinic, staffed with volunteer doctors, to draw 5,000 uninsured patients

Monday, August 22, 2011  Texas has highest uninsured rate; Perry would repeal Obama overhaul with no clear alternative

Friday, April 15, 2011  Law enforcement officials are stepping up their patrols this weekend to make sure motorists are safe in the downtown Columbia area.  Community safety checkpoints will be set up around town starting Friday and running through the weekend.

Monday, November 16, 2009  AP Poll: Americans divided over health care bills; fine print on costs worries many people

Tuesday, August 11, 2009  Already insured? Obama pitching his health care plan to those worried about changes in system

Wednesday, July 29, 2009  A growing number of college graduates are finding themselves leaving school with not only debt, but with little or no health insurance.  As the conversation on the nation's health care system continues, the harsh realities are surfacing in the most unlikely places.  Lee Crawford, now a USC graduate student, knows first hand what it's like to be one of the "Faces of the Uninsured."

Wednesday, July 22, 2009  Eva Bennett is a 61-year-old immigrant from Germany who's trying desperatly to enroll in Medicaid.  However, the North woman can not enroll unless she finds her lost green card.