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

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say strong currents in the Ashepoo River likely contributed to the drowning of a 13-year-old Beaufort boy.

Monday, May 06, 2013  Brotherly love: Thanks to the quick actions of a Sumter teen, his younger brother is still alive today.

Sunday, May 05, 2013  Sheriff's Deputies say 15-year-old Kerrigan Parker was last seen around 11 p.m. Friday at her Lugoff home.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  A Hanahan firefighter has been arrested and accused of having sex with a girl beginning when she was 14.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  A 35-year-old man from Lugoff is accused of having sex with a teenage girl, according to the Kershaw County Sheriff's Office.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Police in Columbia are launching a new program they hope will help steer kids away from crime.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  Missing teen mother throws out first pitch at Ridgeview High School Senior day.

Thursday, April 04, 2013  A 53-year-old self-styled street preacher who teamed up with a high school student in a deadly plot to lure men with bogus Craigslist job offers has been sentenced to death in Ohio.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  Three teens have been arrested by Kershaw County Sheriff's Office investigators in connection with a string of automobile break-ins.

Friday, March 15, 2013  Richland County deputies are looking for a man they say tried to abduct a student Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  Experts say Pope's 1 lung shouldn't affect duties but he should be careful

Friday, March 01, 2013  Deputies have released a sketch of a suspicious person that was at a bus stop

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.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A man who prompted a nationwide manhunt after a pair of South Carolina killings in 2005 has lost the appeal of the second of two death sentences.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A female cafeteria worker at Dutch Fork Middle School is accused of engaging in a sex act with a 13-year-old.