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Tuesday, June 18, 2013  A Boone inspector says a motel pool heater that leaked carbon monoxide and killed a Washington state couple and later a South Carolina boy was installed without the knowledge of the town's inspection department.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  North Carolina police point to a faulty pool water heater as the source of carbon monoxide that killed an 11-year-old South Carolina boy last weekend and a Washington couple who slept in the same Boone motel room about two months earlier.

Wednesday, June 12, 2013  The director of a child care center in Greenville County has been arrested and accused of failing to report the neglect of two children, one of whom died in his home.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  An 18-year-old was taken to a local hospital after being shot Tuesday, according to Richland County deputies.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  Inspectors checked a North Carolina motel where three people are presumed killed by carbon monoxide fumes from a pool water heater, but the local health department says the inspection doesn't include checking for the poisonous gas.

Monday, June 10, 2013  North Carolina investigators are checking whether potentially lethal carbon monoxide was found in a motel room where an 11-year-old South Carolina boy died this weekend and two other guests were found dead almost two months ago.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A Pickens County woman charged with killing her two children and injuring her husband has temporarily been transferred to a different jail to get treatment for her own injuries.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Virginia State Police say a South Carolina man has died after a series of crashes on a rain-soaked interstate in Carroll County.

Friday, June 07, 2013  Anderson County Sheriff's deputies have charged a woman with six counts of mistreatment of animals after they found several dead cows in a barn.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Two people have suffered minor injuries after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff in Greenville County.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The husband of a woman charged with killing their two children in Pickens County has been upgraded to serious condition at a Greenville hospital.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A woman accused of killing her two children and shooting her husband in the head has been released from a Greenville hospital.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A woman who authorities say killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband crashed her pickup into a tree so hard the roots came out of the ground.

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.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Authorities say a man has been hospitalized after he tried to run over an Anderson County deputy and was shot by another officer.