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Friday, May 17, 2013  Veterans of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Franklin are scheduled to hold their final reunion in South Carolina.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Two small central Kentucky cities top a list of what one business magazine considers the best small cities in the United States.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Emergency crews say a suspicious package found in downtown Columbia was not a threat.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Authorities are investigating the deaths of two men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Florence County.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  An historian and an archaeologist are holding a program about the graveyard that was discovered in Charleston's historic district earlier this year.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A maintenance worker at a Greenville County church is charged with 27 sex crimes dating back nearly 40 years.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  The cost of driving in South Carolina is down for the first time in four years.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was transferred to a federal medical detention center in central Massachusetts.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  The debate surrounding the historical Palmetto Compress Building is over.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  About two dozen pilots and F-16 Fighting Falcon jets from the 77th Fighter Squadron are back home at Shaw Air Force Base after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Charleston County school officials are spending more than $420,000 a year to maintain five closed schools.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was charged as a civilian and will be tried in federal court for conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction against persons and property resulting in death.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Columbia police are looking for a 17-year-old wanted in the shooting of a man whose death is first reported slaying in the city this year.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  There is a boil water advisory for some residents living in West Columbia.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Authorities say a body found in woods in Spartanburg County was an 18-year-old man killed in a robbery almost five months ago because he had $1,000 in his pocket as he went looking to buy a car.