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

Sunday, April 14, 2013  In 1947, nothing said America like baseball, apple pie, and segregation. That is, until Jack Roosevelt Robinson stepped up to the plate and knocked the leather off of some dusty white balls.

Monday, March 11, 2013  A Cayce police officer has been cleared in a chase he started that ended in a wreck in Columbia that killed two men.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Firehouse Subs heated up the Pelion Police Department with a much needed gift Thursday

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Some feedlots, meatpackers closing after US ranchers sold off cattle amid widespread drought

Monday, February 25, 2013  Richland County sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting at 316 Todd Branch Drive at approximately 6 a.m Monday.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The merger agreement of two South Carolina-based banks in a deal worth more than $300 million was announced Wednesday.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  Two Lexington County women are accused of beating a young boy with a switch made from a tree branch.

Monday, February 18, 2013  A 44-year-old man has died and his 5-year-old daughter has been hurt after they fell at a Greenville County waterfall.

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  A former Mount Pleasant bank teller has pleaded guilty to taking more than $700,000 from the bank over a 15-year period.

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

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  A Georgia-based restaurant firm says suspicious computer files have been found at some of its locations, prompting it to warn customers about the potential for fraud.

Friday, December 14, 2012  The Richland County coroner has identified the two individuals killed in an early  morning crash Friday in downtown Columbia.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012  Ethics reform has been a major issue in South Carolina government for years, but state leaders are hoping to make major changes.

Monday, November 12, 2012  A story that began four years ago, of 49 abused Arabian horses, has come to a happy ending. The Humane Society of the Midlands took posession of the horses in 2008 and nursed them back to health. All but ten of the horses have now been adopted out to new homes.

Wednesday, September 19, 2012  Dallas suburb that's pushed to ban illegal immigrant renters has new court hearing Wednesday