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Friday, August 17, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley is scheduled to visit Bennettsville to give constituents a chance to sit down and chat.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012  An 89-year-old South Carolina widow surprised and chased off two burglars who broke into her home by using a fully-loaded .38 caliber pistol she pulled from under her mattress.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  A New Jersey family is suing a South Carolina pet food plant, saying their infant was sickened by salmonella from food at the plant.

Thursday, May 03, 2012  An emergency call center employee is accused of having sex with an inmate, according to the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED).

Friday, April 06, 2012  Surveyors redrawing the North Carolina-South Carolina state line south of Rockingham, N.C., say they were surprised to find a survey of 32 miles of the boundary was done in 1905.

Monday, September 26, 2011  A project by the libraries at the University of South Carolina has taken 19 newspapers from across the state and made editions between 1860 and 1922 available on a website.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division says a former state employee and former state trooper worked together to defraud the state out of more than $500,000.

Monday, June 13, 2011  The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating an accident involving a single-engine plane off Highway 79 in Marlboro County.

Friday, April 29, 2011  A man who holed up in a house in Bennettsville for more than 16 hours has been charged with murder after he surrendered to officers.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011  A company that makes green building materials is building a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Marlboro County.

Sunday, January 23, 2011  Authorities say a man has died in a house fire in Marlboro County.

Wednesday, October 06, 2010  State environmental officials have lifted a water advisory that had been issued after untreated wastewater spilled into the Great Pee Dee River in Marlboro County.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  South Carolina police are charging a man with killing his wife eight months after the couple's children told investigators their father hurt their mother.