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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Local, state, and federal agencies met at Columbia International Airport's Aeronautics Commission hangar to hold the National Disaster Medical System's annual mock drill.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A free adaptive gardening seminar at the Robert Mills Carriage House offers tips for those who garden but may be limited by physical disabilities such as injury or arthritis.

Monday, March 04, 2013  The nursing home's administrators are defending the nurse's actions, saying she followed policy.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The South Carolina Forestry Commission says it still has plenty of seedlings available as tree planting season comes to an end.

Friday, February 22, 2013  The director of the state Department of Health and Environmental Control is speaking in Charleston about early childhood education.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Charges have been upgraded against the son of a 104-year-old Spartanburg woman authorities said died from neglect.

Friday, December 14, 2012  Authorities are investigating the death of a 104-year-old woman they say had been neglected by her son.

Thursday, December 13, 2012  Nurse Jacintha Saldanha was discovered hanging by a scarf from a wardrobe in her nurses' quarters by a colleague and a member of security staff at London's King Edward VII Hospital.

Friday, December 07, 2012  The two Australian disc jockeys responsible for the prank call have been relieved from work "until further notice."

Friday, December 07, 2012  Charges brought in death of SC radio personality

Thursday, December 06, 2012  A Spartanburg man has been accused of neglecting his 104-year-old mother.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Columbia police have arrested a second teenager they say was involved in a September murder. The crime may also be linked to an unsolved hit and run case.

Friday, September 14, 2012  A former Winthrop basketball player accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and received probation.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  The South Carolina mother on trial in the case of her missing son told police she needed a break from parenting.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  The state Board of Nursing is allowing some upper-level nursing students at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg to retake a pharmacology course and tests to move ahead in the program.