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

Yesterday at 4:40 PM  Federal authorities in Savannah have charged 33 people as part of an undercover operation into gun and drug trafficking.

Yesterday at 4:35 PM  A Connecticut gun manufacturer is leaving in response to the state's new gun law, passed following the killings of 20 children and six educators in Newtown.

Yesterday at 3:55 PM  Authorities say a South Carolina Highway Patrol cruiser has struck and killed a pedestrian in Beaufort County.

Yesterday at 2:40 PM  A new television ad criticizes U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of a costly program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel.

Yesterday at 11:50 AM  A convicted felon who shot and killed two men he said were trying to rob his Spartanburg apartment has been sentenced to prison.

Yesterday at 11:35 AM  The acting financial clerk for Florence School District 4 has been arrested and charged with forging several checks for thousands of dollars.

Yesterday at 11:25 AM  North Charleston police say a couple has died in a murder-suicide shooting.

Yesterday at 11:15 AM  A 61-year-old Lee County man is getting two years' probation after pleading guilty to four counts of the ill-treatment of 1,000 animals.

Yesterday at 8:15 AM  Google is holding an event to give teachers, entrepreneurs, and employees of nonprofits a chance to learn how to use the Internet company's tools at the Trident Technical College campus in North Charleston.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  Richland County deputies have arrested one person and identified two additional suspects in the "vicious beating of two teens."

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  A Saluda teen has drowned in Lake Murray while trying to swim to shore from a pontoon boat.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  A new and larger aluminum fishing pier has been constructed on the Broad River in South Carolina.

Tuesday, June 18, 2013  A Boone inspector says a motel pool heater that leaked carbon monoxide and killed a Washington state couple and later a South Carolina boy was installed without the knowledge of the town's inspection department.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Richland County Deputies are looking for the culprits in the mob beating of a young woman.

Monday, June 17, 2013  Lexington County sheriff's deputies are again rounding up new and used eyeglasses and hearing aids to help people see and hear better.  This is the third year that deputies have partnered with the Cayce-West Columbia Lions Club to collect the items, which will be donated to South Carolina Lions Charitable Services.