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

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

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.

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

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.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The Richland County Sheriff's Department is asking for the communities assistance in idenfying and locating suspects wanted for attempted murder and armed robbery.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  One man was taken to the hospital Thursday evening with multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Richland County Sheriff's Department.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Houston police say shots fired at Houston airport ticket counter; 1 man critically injured

Tuesday, April 30, 2013  Marriage equality supporters joining one another Tuesday, not in matrimony, but to support a new bill protecting that would protect against discrimination in the workplace.

Friday, April 26, 2013  Dolores Rainwater now wants to know why she was fired after she said a student hit her in the face.

Sunday, April 14, 2013  Richland Co. Deputies are searching for three unknown suspects that attacked a man; taking three items from him.

Monday, April 01, 2013  A Charleston police officer has been shot and wounded during a traffic stop.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A former research scientist at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg says he has been fired for questioning the use of grant money.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Greenville County sheriff's deputies have arrested a security guard at a motel and charged him with murder in a shooting death earlier this month.

Sunday, March 24, 2013  A South Carolina coroner says an estranged husband fatally shot his wife multiple times and then killed himself with a single gunshot to the head.

Saturday, March 23, 2013  The Richland Co. Sheriff's Department is on the lookout for a man who tried to break into a home Friday night.