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

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.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  A video that is said to have been taken in Myrtle Beach brings a shocking new meaning to "the one that got away."

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.

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.

Friday, April 01, 2011  Six dogs are dead and a man is in jail after a call to Cayce Public Safety about aggressive dogs running free ended in gunfire. Chief Charles McNair describes the scene inside the home as the worst he's witnessed in more than 35 years on the job.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011  The Department of Health and Environmental Control says inspectors found bags of raccoon meat at the Lucky Seven No. 2 store on Bluff Rd. in Gadsden.  Officials found the meat on two separate inspections.