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

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 01, 2013  Federal lawmakers who visited the Port of Charleston say a federal trust fund could meet much of the nation's harbor-deepening needs if more than half its money weren't used for other projects.

Thursday, April 25, 2013  South Carolina agents say two Marion police officers have been arrested for using excessive force on a suspect.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  A Georgetown man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to putting two dogs in duct tape and throwing them into a canal.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Lexington County deputies are working to identify and locate a 'suspicious person' they say asked a teenage girl to get into a car Wednesday afternoon.

Friday, February 08, 2013  A former Secret Service agent who authorities say plotted to kidnap a former judge so he could not testify against the man wants his case thrown out because he was arrested improperly and has not been given all the evidence against him.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013  Authorities say a Georgia man who was stabbed to death and his body dismembered was seen alive in a video surveillance tape from a South Carolina hotel on New Year's night.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Two men are wanted for robbing a local store.

Monday, November 26, 2012  A Summerville woman has found a rare tape recording of Martin Luther King Jr. among the effects of her father who was a newspaper reporter.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Not unstoppable: System that was superstorm Sandy is tapering off with snow in Appalachia

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A federal trial has been delayed for a man accused of abducting a Columbia teen last seen more than two months.

Friday, October 19, 2012  The armed robbery occurred shortly after 9:00 p.m. at the Church’s Chicken located at 4720 Devine Street on October 9, 2012. Police say, the unidentified suspect allegedly entered the store, pointed a handgun at several workers and demanded money.

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  A man accused of abducting a Columbia teen last seen more than a month ago has pleaded not guilty to a federal ammunition charge.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012  It has been more than two weeks since 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson was last seen, but the community continues to hold out hope she will be found alive.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  The man charged with kidnapping a Midlands teenager is now a person of interest in a 10-month-old homicide in another county.