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

Yesterday at 11:23 PM  As the weather temperatures continue to rise, so does the concern about kids being left in hot cars.

Yesterday at 12:50 PM  Death toll was corrected and lowered to 24 people, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 12:50 PM  The storm's death toll was corrected and lowered to 24, including 7 children.

Yesterday at 8:33 AM  Associated Press photographer's first-person account of efforts to rescue chidlren and staff in a collapsed school.

Monday, May 20, 2013  A woman accused of killing her two children and shooting her husband in the head has been released from a Greenville hospital.

Friday, May 17, 2013  A Laurens County jury has found a Gray Court man guilty of murder in the shooting death of his estranged wife.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  Dozens of children will benefit from the fundraising efforts of a Midlands high school.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  A woman who authorities say killed her two young children and seriously injured her husband crashed her pickup into a tree so hard the roots came out of the ground.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013  Autopsies have determined two children authorities say were shot and killed by their mother suffered several gunshot wounds at the family's Pickens County home.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Authorities say a mother shot and killed her two children and wounded her husband in a home in Pickens County.

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.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Several churches hosted the first ever Fight for the Kids at the Palmetto Athletic Center.

Friday, May 10, 2013  Mothers who can't be with their babies on Mother's Day got some extra cheer at the hospital Friday

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  The discovery of  three women who were missing for a decade in Cleveland has reignited hope for those with missing loved ones in the Capital City.

Tuesday, May 07, 2013  Frantic call leads police to 3 missing women in Cleveland home; 3 brothers arrested