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

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  Janet Parker had the chance to visit with one of the American Idol contestants, Candice Glover, and her family in Beaufort, South Carolina last Saturday.

Friday, March 29, 2013  The SC Forestry Dept. issued a prescribed burn Friday, engulfing 30 acres of Harbison State Forest in flames.

Thursday, March 28, 2013  A free adaptive gardening seminar at the Robert Mills Carriage House offers tips for those who garden but may be limited by physical disabilities such as injury or arthritis.

Monday, February 25, 2013  The Columbia-Richland Fire Department responded to a fire on a CMRTA bus Monday morning on Two Notch Road near Benedict College.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  A dead sea animal was found along a shore near Camp Bob Cooper in Clarendon County.

Saturday, November 10, 2012  A 4.3 magnitude earthquake rattled eastern Kentucky Saturday.

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  Rafael becomes the ninth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.

Thursday, September 20, 2012  There is not much change in South Carolina when it comes to the status of the drought.

Monday, August 13, 2012  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractors have finished their soil sampling work in a Columbia neighborhood that was once home to a fertilizer plant.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  The City of Columbia is partnering with the Department of Health and Environmental Control to offer free medical screenings for lead and aresenic to residents who live in the South Edisto Court community.