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Yesterday at 4:45 PM  The interim director of the South Carolina Emergency Management Division has been given the job permanently.

Yesterday at 1:05 PM  A Columbia firefighter rushing to a call during a thunderstorm left a pot of grease on a stove that caused a blaze in the kitchen of a fire station.

Yesterday at 11:10 AM  Ceremonies are being held in South Carolina marking the sixth anniversary of a furniture store fire that claimed the lives of nine Charleston firefighters.

Yesterday at 8:50 AM  Atlanta radio program hosts fired for mocking former NFL player with Lou Gehrig's disease

Monday, June 17, 2013  About 20 people were evacuated from the South Carolina Statehouse for about an hour after smoke from an escalator set off alarms.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Work is under way to rebuild the Windsor Green condominiums near Myrtle Beach that were ravaged by a wildfire in March.

Thursday, June 13, 2013  Twenty-one people are displaced after an overnight fire at The Club at Carolina Stadium Apartments.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing discount retailer Dollar General Corp., and a BMW manufacturing plant in South Carolina over their use of criminal background checks to screen out job applicants or fire employees.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013  A $50,000 bond has been set for a 21-year-old Hartsville mother indicted in the deaths of her four children.

Monday, June 10, 2013  A shooting in downtown Columbia leaves two men in the hospital.

Thursday, June 06, 2013  A Darlington County grand jury has indicted a 21-year-old Hartsville mother in the deaths of her four children in an April fire.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  Firefighters see the highest rate of grilling fires during the summer months.

Wednesday, June 05, 2013  South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. says it will close two coal-powered generating stations near Walterboro by the end of the year.

Monday, June 03, 2013  Authorities say they suspect the 20-year-old grandson of a Sumter couple set the fire that killed both of them in their home.

Sunday, June 02, 2013  Two human remain were discovered by firefighters after battling a house fire in Sumter Saturday.