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

Yesterday at 8:59 PM  Hard work and paying attention to detail is nothing new to Sumter High School graduate, Molly Doggans.

Yesterday at 6:09 PM  The Highway Patrol needs your help in finding the person accused of hitting the driver of a moped.

Yesterday at 5:45 PM  A measure is now in place that could head off an election fiasco that caused some voters in the state to lose faith in the system.

Yesterday at 4:30 PM  Federal authorities are celebrating a successful prosecution of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang in South Carolina.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  Double Murder convict Brett Parker will answer to a jury on Federal gambling charges in September.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  State officials say the next contract for taxpayers' credit monitoring services must be issued next month to prevent a coverage lapse.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  A church-affiliated retirement community in Orangeburg is seeking approval to serve beer and wine after its bid to serve liquor was rejected by state officials.

Monday, June 17, 2013  A Hopkins man is dead after a Saturday night motorcycle accident.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Lexington County sheriff's deputies are again rounding up new and used eyeglasses and hearing aids to help people see and hear better.  This is the third year that deputies have partnered with the Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club to collect the items, which will be donated to South Carolina Lions Charitable Services.

Sunday, June 16, 2013  Providence Hospital celebrated 75 years of being of ministry and service in the Midlands.

Saturday, June 15, 2013  State officials are touting a U.S. Department of Commerce report that ranks South Carolina's economy as the 12th fastest growing in the nation.

Friday, June 14, 2013  A missing Kershaw County teen has been found dead, according to Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews.

Friday, June 14, 2013  Surfers along South Carolina's Grand Strand have honored the memory of a surfer lost last week in the winds and waves of Tropical Storm Andrea.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  A woman says a North Charleston bonding company failed to monitor a 25-year-old man who sexually assaulted her while wearing one of the firm's tracking devices.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing discount retailer Dollar General Corp., and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out job applicants or fire employees.