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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The South Carolina Dept. of Transportation is planning on replacing a pair of bridges that date back to the 1930s.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say strong currents in the Ashepoo River likely contributed to the drowning of a 13-year-old Beaufort boy.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  The South Carolina Department of Transportation wants to hear concerns as it considers how to replace a pair of bridges on U.S. 378 east of Columbia.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  A showdown is looming in the South Carolina Senate over efforts to find extra money for the state's crumbling roads and bridges.

Friday, May 03, 2013  The Senate Finance Committee has advanced a plan that funds road and bridge construction by redirecting taxes, borrowing money and raising fees.

Wednesday, May 01, 2013  South Dakota tribe faces deadline, $4.9 million price to block development near Wounded Knee massacre site

Monday, April 29, 2013  A weak tornado was confirmed to have touched down in eastern Fairfield County Sunday evening.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  A Senate committee will spend the next two weeks trying to put together a bill to increase the money South Carolina spends on its roads.

Friday, April 19, 2013  A Lancaster County man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in the shooting death of his wife.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Missing teen mother throws out first pitch at Ridgeview High School Senior day.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A driver has been charged with hitting a Charleston County school bus, sending several students to the hospital.

Saturday, April 06, 2013 

Thursday, April 04, 2013  That big hot dog on wheels, the Oscar Mayer wienermobile, is visiting the South Carolina coast.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A man who spent more than a decade on South Carolina's death row for killing three women has died.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  Greenville County authorities say the body of a woman has been found under a bridge.