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Monday, November 21, 2011  New leadership will soon take over the South Carolina Highway Patrol. Colonel Kenny Lancaster has announced he is retiring December 27.

Monday, October 03, 2011  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley announced Monday that Maj. Leroy Smith is taking over the state's Department of Public Safety.  Smith hails from Florida where he served as the academy director of the Highway Patrol Training Academy.

Thursday, September 01, 2011  The last complaint made against the interim director of South Carolina's public safety agency was made more than a decade before the attorney general's office launched a review into new allegations against him.

Thursday, August 25, 2011  The SC attorney general's office is reviewing a Beaufort woman's claims that she had an affair with Department of Public Safety Col. Kenny Lancaster and because of that affair her husband was fired.

Friday, June 17, 2011  South Carolina's law enforcement community is celebrating the best of the best at an annual gathering.

Friday, June 03, 2011  Gov. Nikki Haley is touring the South Carolina coast to talk about being prepared for hurricanes.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010  Neida Ortega, the 34-year-old charged in a wreck that killed a Columbia firefighter, is being deported.

Thursday, May 27, 2010  After 19 weeks of intense training, the soon-to-be Highway Troopers are quickly approaching the finish line.