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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina man will serve the next 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing two Orangeburg women.

Friday, May 03, 2013  Authorities say a man has been hospitalized after he tried to run over an Anderson County deputy and was shot by another officer.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A former South Carolina police officer has been arrested on charges he destroyed evidence related to a decades-old murder case.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A man accused of murdering a pregnant woman is now also charged with one count of woods arson.

Friday, December 21, 2012  According to Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews, Earnest Maurice Allen was found in a shed behind a home in Lee County in the Red Hill community. He had about $800 in cash with him. Allen was apprehended about 3:15 Friday afternoon.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Kershaw County investigators are looking for a suspect who opened fire on deputies Thursday evening.

Monday, July 23, 2012  From an arrest in a double murder to racial slurs posted outside a church, here's a look at some of the stories we're working on for tonight.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The Richland County coroner has identified the body of a person found in the woods north of Columbia Sunday morning.

Monday, July 23, 2012  The Richland County Sheriff’s Department says a body found Sunday morning is being investigated as a homicide.

Thursday, April 12, 2012  The Richland County Coroner's Office is working to identify a body found in Columbia Thursday.

Wednesday, April 04, 2012  The man suspected of murdering two women and leaving their bodies in a wooded area in Orangeburg has been arrested in Louisiana.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Officers are tracking a murder suspect after the bodies of two Orangeburg women were found Tuesday morning.

Sunday, January 29, 2012  The Orangeburg County Sheriff's office says human remains were discovered Saturday morning in a wooded area off Five Chop road in Orangeburg.

Friday, January 27, 2012  A day after a multiple-hour search of a wooded area turned up nothing in the Amir Jennings case, community concerns are increasing about how the case will be resolved.

Saturday, February 28, 2009  Authorities say three people died after a small plane crashed in a wooded area in southeastern Louisiana .