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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Mark Sanford is headed back to Congress after reviving his political career and winning his old House seat.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has redeemed a political career sidelined by scandal by winning his old congressional seat.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch says she feels positive and encouraged in her U.S. House race against former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says if he fails in his attempt to return to Congress, he will not seek office again.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Mark Sanford's quest for political redemption now rests with voters along South Carolina's coast. The former Republican governor, whose promising political career was sidelined by scandal four years ago, faces Elizabeth Colbert Busch in a special election Tuesday in the state's 1st Congressional District.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Elizabeth Colbert Busch is making a bus tour in the final days of the heated 1st District congressional race.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A week before the special election in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, House Democrats launched another ad attacking former Gov. Mark Sanford's personal indiscretions. Sanford, meanwhile, picked up the endorsement of Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, who is considering a run for president.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  A third joint campaign appearance with former Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch has been set in their race for the state's 1st Congressional District seat.

Wednesday, April 24, 2013  Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is citing former opponent Todd Akin in a new fundraising plea for a Democratic congressional candidate in South Carolina.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch have accepted invitations to appear together at a second event in their 1st District congressional race.

Monday, April 22, 2013  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is campaigning again, attacking his Democratic opponent for running what he calls a stealth campaign in which voters don't know where she stands

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Former Gov. Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert (KOHL'-buhrt) Busch are trading barbs over a union donation to her campaign.

Wednesday, April 10, 2013  Democratic 1st District congressional candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch says she disagrees with the $3.7 trillion federal budget President Barack Obama is sending to Congress.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  The race for a vacant South Carolina congressional seat has turned into the big-name contest political junkies had hoped for.

Friday, March 22, 2013  The votes have been recounted in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District and the numbers confirm that former Gov. Mark Sanford will face former Charleston County Councilman Curtis Bostic in the April 2 GOP runoff.