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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A Republican state senator is criticizing how the Department of Revenue paid its clean-up bills following the massive hacking of taxpayers' personal data.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  A judge in St. Maarten has convicted three men and issued prison sentences in the killing of a South Carolina couple who owned a home in the Caribbean country.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Two men have been killed in a wreck near Conway.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  A lawyer for a Jamaican man accused of killing a U.S. couple in their St. Maarten vacation home urged a judge to convict him of a lesser crime than premeditated murder.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A Jamaican security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home repeatedly rebuffed a judge's questions at the start of his murder trial.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Almost 400 firefighters from across the Palmetto State were in Columbia for the 31st annual Southeastern Fire School March Training weekend.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  A Senate panel has advanced a bill intended to let people with concealed weapon permits carry their gun into restaurants.

Monday, November 19, 2012  The State Election Commission has finally certified all of South Carolina's election results.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Officials in St. Maarten say a suspect has confessed to a role in the slaying of a South Carolina couple in the Dutch Caribbean country.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  St. Maarten police have arrested a second suspect in the slaying of an American couple who were stabbed to death in their beachfront condominium.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012  A judge in St. Maarten has ordered a Jamaican security guard held as a suspect in the slaying of a South Carolina couple who were stabbed to death in their Caribbean vacation home.

Saturday, September 15, 2012  State Department of Corrections officials may have some explaining to do in front of senators.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley has named a new state fire marshal to replace outgoing Adolf Zubia.

Thursday, May 31, 2012 

Thursday, May 24, 2012  The South Carolina Senate has rejected efforts to remove money from the state budget for private nonprofits and local projects.