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

1 minute ago  The budget debate in the South Carolina Senate enters week two.

38 minutes ago  South Carolina State University trustees are meeting to approve the salary of the school's new president.

Today at 3:35 AM  Road reopens after an ammonium nitrate spill in Newberry County Monday night.

Yesterday at 11:50 PM  The American Red Cross has setup a website to keep track of people found and missing from Oklahoma tornado.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM  Updated with new photos (Caution, graphic images), new video added; death toll now at 51.

Yesterday at 6:25 PM  A woman accused of killing her two children and shooting her husband in the head has been released from a Greenville hospital.

Yesterday at 6:20 PM  The state inspector general says prescription painkiller abuse is rampant in South Carolina, but there's no statewide effort to combat it.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  South Carolina's attorney general is soliciting calls from conservative groups that believe they were wrongfully targeted by the Internal Revenue Service.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  Gov. Nikki Haley is spending time with her husband during a break from his deployment to Afghanistan.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.

Yesterday at 6:10 PM  A 40-year-old man is dead after being shot several times in the backyard of an Anderson home.

Yesterday at 3:40 PM  Numerous witnesses testified Monday about Bryan Capnerhurst, one of two people the state believes Brett Parker shot and killed at his Ascot Estates home in April 2012.

Yesterday at 2:07 PM  Someone's lucky day could end-up unlucky if they don't claim their winning lottery ticket by  May 28.  According to the South Carolina Education Lottery, two Powerball tickets, purchased in different locations expire a week from Tuesday.

Yesterday at 1:55 PM  Newly installed U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford is out doing the business of a congressman, meeting and greeting constituents in his South Carolina district.

Yesterday at 1:50 PM  A 50-year-old man fishing in a Greenwood pond has drowned after he fell out of a boat.