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

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  Mother of baby trapped in sewer raised alarm but kept quiet about her identity during rescue

Thursday, May 23, 2013  For Philadelphia bicyclist, a cat is his co-pilot

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  Missouri golfer survives frightening fall into sinkhole while playing Illinois course

Friday, February 15, 2013  A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out windows injuring hundreds of people and sending fragments falling to the ground in the Ural Mountains.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  A small town in Alaska has had an orange cat as its mayor for more than a decade.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012  Updated with video: Witness describes naked attacker in Miami chewing victim's face before police shot him

Friday, August 26, 2011  When you hear the term pole dancing you likely think of scantily clad women, dollars bills and booze.  But a competition in Columbia is looking to change that image.  Do you consider pole dancing a sport?

Saturday, August 06, 2011  As Midlands students prepare for the upcoming school year, one woman is proving you're never too old to go back to class.

Monday, July 25, 2011  Reality TV has come a long way since Allen Funt's Candid Camera.  We pump fists, vote on singers, and now watch facial hair grow.  Really. Find out more.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Self-proclaimed 'presidential candidate' Robert Haines, 64, was released from jail Thursday morning a day after he was arrested several blocks from the State House while wearing a purple bathrobe-style dress and cowboy hat. Haines told a bond court judge he has campaigned for 47-consecutive days and is staying with members of a fraternity at USC. The local alumni president says that claim is untrue.

Thursday, May 19, 2011  When most of us think of zombies we think of the flesh eating undead, but students in a University of South Carolina class getting a different taste of what zombies are.