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Friday, May 10, 2013  Four days after being rescued, the three women who were kidnapped for 10 years are starting a difficult transition back to a normal life.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  A Greer woman has been accused of posing as a social worker and hospital employee to try to get drugs.

Friday, December 14, 2012  School shootings, no matter where they happen, spark fear throughout the nation. Midlands professionals have forces in place to help ease those fears.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Social workers and legal professionals involved in juvenile justice cases are meeting for their annual conference at the University of South Carolina.

Thursday, February 09, 2012  Deputies were dispatched to Powell home 8 minutes after 911 call was placed by the social worker

Friday, October 21, 2011  Officials in Columbia say a possible hate crime likely directed towards the man accused of posing as a social worker earlier this month has been turned over to the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Monday, October 17, 2011  A 45-year-old Columbia man is accused of posing as a social worker and taking the money of seven vulnerable adults in two homes. A police report accuses Smith of taking control of the victims' money, food and any identification, claiming to be their social worker.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  The president of the National Association of Black Social Workers speaks Thursday on the Orangeburg campus about the development of the black social work movement and its links to African history, culture and thought.