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Friday, May 17, 2013  About 1,500 members of the South Carolina Army National Guard are taking part in five days of training involving potential responses to a natural disaster.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  This weekend we get to let loose a little and send some support to victims families at the same time.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Gas prices are up 68 cents nationwide since Christmas. That means the average driver has to shell out an additional $361 dollars per year in gas, according to the EPA.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  An Army sergeant based in South Carolina has filed a federal lawsuit accusing a mortgage company of not obeying a law that requires limits on interest rates for active-duty members of the military.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  Berkeley County sheriff's deputies have found the remains of more than 200 dogs behind a home in Goose Creek.

Monday, January 28, 2013  U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney is hosting his first town hall meeting of the year in Sumter.

Monday, January 21, 2013  A Gilbert man who has been struggling to make ends meet has finally received the money he said was taken by his internet provider.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  New Jersey Gov. Christie blasted Republican U.S. House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio for delaying a vote on a $60 billion aid package for Superstorm Sandy recovery.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  As the cleanup continues in the Northeast after the one-two punch of Hurricane Sandy and the nor’easter that followed, a group of concerned citizens in Columbia is coming together to help.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Updated with video: 'Gangnam Style' star PSY joins Madonna onstage at MSG; singer also collects money for Sandy

Sunday, November 11, 2012  Hundreds of residents came out to help those less fortunate.

Thursday, November 08, 2012  A Sumter woman has gone above and beyond to help people in New York  that are struggling after Hurricane Sandy.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  It's a system that Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee-to-be for vice president, had hoped to scrap as a way to make his House GOP budget look smaller by about $10 billion a year.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  SC unemployment agency paying $106M toward debt

Thursday, August 02, 2012  The U.S. Department of Agriculture's addition of the 218 counties means that more than half of all U.S. counties — 1,584 in 32 states — have been designated primary disaster areas this growing season, the vast majority of them mired in a drought that's considered the worst in decades.