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Thursday, May 02, 2013  An Orangeburg man has been charged with conspiring to kill a South Carolina prison guard wounded in a hit authorities have said was orchestrated behind bars with an illegal cellphone.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Benedict College student athletes taking their talents off the court

Wednesday, April 17, 2013  A 54-year-old Greenville man has been arrested and charged in a hit and run that killed a man and his stepson earlier this week.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Clemson President Jim Barker is going back to being an architecture professor after 14 years leading the school.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Investigators are looking for a driver who struck and killed a man and his stepson as they rode a dirt bike in Greenville, then drove away.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Columbia police are looking for a 17-year-old wanted in the shooting of a man whose death is first reported slaying in the city this year.

Friday, April 05, 2013  Clemson University President Jim Barker has returned to work after recuperating from heart bypass surgery.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A Sumter man has been accused of causing the death of his bed-ridden wife by neglecting her.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Legislators want to make it easier for veterans to go to college in South Carolina by paying tuition at in-state rates.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  An official with the South Carolina diocese that left the national Episcopal church says a lawsuit against it seeks to undermine the state's courts.

Wednesday, March 13, 2013  A Spartanburg woman has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a driver in a vehicle nearly two years ago.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  Kentucky senator uses rare filibuster to block vote on President Obama's nominee to lead CIA

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  An effort to put a police officer in every public school in South Carolina has hit a financial roadblock.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013 

Wednesday, February 06, 2013  Highway 601 is open this afternoon, but one person is dead following a two car accident near the Richland - Calhoun County line.