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Yesterday at 6:32 PM  Former Brookland-Cayce Head Football Coach and Athletic Director Abby Bray passed away Thursday night after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

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 15, 2013  Autopsies have determined two children authorities say were shot and killed by their mother suffered several gunshot wounds at the family's Pickens County home.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say a mother shot and killed her two children and wounded her husband in a home in Pickens County.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  The commander of a special South Carolina law enforcement unit that investigates criminal cases against illegal immigrants says the force has been successful in its first year.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Pickens Elementary School is proud this morning, as one of their own has been named South Carolina Teacher of the Year.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Marriage equality supporters joining one another Tuesday, not in matrimony, but to support a new bill protecting that would protect against discrimination in the workplace.

Tuesday, April 23, 2013  Tuesday house democrats speaking out against ethics reform.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  State Senator Vincent Sheheen spoke with reporters Wednesday about his plans for a bill that would reimburse people who suffered losses due to the 2012 security breach at the SC Dept. of Revenue.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Man who provided voice of Charlie Brown of 'Peanuts' fame arrested on threat, stalking charges

Thursday, April 11, 2013  South Carolina State Senator Vincent Sheheen has announced he is once again seeking the state’s top office.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Columbia Urban League President and CEO J.T. McLawhorn was a college student in 1968; the year Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed in Memphis.

Monday, April 01, 2013  A Charleston police officer has been shot and wounded during a traffic stop.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Authorities have captured a 19-year-old attempted murder suspect who was mistakenly released from a state prison in Columbia before he had served his whole sentence.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  Starting this fall all students entering seventh grade will have to be up to date on the vaccine that protects against whooping cough.