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Tuesday, May 28, 2013  Authorities say a driver struck and killed a 40-year-old Greenville woman and then drove off.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  South Carolina troopers who faced some of the most dangerous situations in the line of duty got some recognition Thursday.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A state trooper from Florence is the South Carolina Highway Patrol Trooper of the Year for saving a life when he thought he was just going to be writing a ticket for running a red light.

Monday, March 04, 2013  The internal affairs chief for the South Carolina Department of Public Safety is suing the agency over his dismissal.

Friday, February 08, 2013  South Carolina State University is commemorating the anniversary of a shooting with a panel discussion on the impact the event had on college campuses.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley's proposed budget would spend more money on computer security and law enforcement.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Authorities say a 34-year-old woman has been run over and killed by her own vehicle outside her Easley home.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 

Thursday, July 12, 2012  South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper Lance Cpl. R.M. Falls, Sumter County, was involved in a line-of-duty collision just after midnight. L/Cpl. Falls was responding to a call to assist the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office at the time of the collision. L/Cpl. Falls is hospitalized in stable condition. He has been with the Highway Patrol since 1991.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012  Clarendon County authorities have released the name of a man killed when the mattress he was sitting on in the back of a pickup truck blew onto a road.

Monday, May 07, 2012  A 20 year old man has died after he fell out of a truck in Clarendon County.

Wednesday, March 07, 2012  A State Trooper was hospitalized Wednesday after a driver crashed into the back of his patrol car.

Sunday, March 04, 2012  Less than half of South Carolina's nearly 300 police agencies are fully complying with a law requiring them to report the race of drivers during traffic stops.

Monday, February 13, 2012  Kurt Steffen, 30, of Summerville pled guilty today in federal court in Charleston to manufacturing and possessing with intent to distribute 100 or more marijuana plants.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011  State troopers told The Times and Democrat of Orangeburg that the ambulance ran off the right side of U.S. 301 about 8 miles east of Orangeburg, then went back across both lanes and turned on its side in the median around 9:20 p.m. Monday.