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

Friday, February 22, 2013  Authorities have charged a woman with reckless homicide in the death of Kingstree High School's women's basketball coach.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013  The Kingstree High School girls' basketball coach has been killed in a hit-and-run accident.

Monday, January 28, 2013  Monday marks the anniversary of one of the space program's biggest tragedies.

Monday, January 07, 2013  The small town of Lake City is accepting entries for a big art festival.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  South Carolina financier Darla Moore has given $1 million to the department of music at Claflin University.

Thursday, June 23, 2011  A Lake City man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his ex-wife nearly three years ago.

Monday, June 06, 2011  A Lake City man has died after his mobile home caught fire.

Thursday, May 19, 2011  U.S. Rep. Mick Mulvaney is postponing his chance to meet with voters so they can watch two local high schools battle for a state title.

Monday, March 21, 2011  The administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and South Carolina native Charles Bolden returns to the state to honor another native astronaut.

Friday, January 28, 2011  A quarter century after Ronald McNair died in the Challenger disaster, the small town of Lake City is again pausing to remember its most famous son.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009  Salt Lake City approves gay rights measures after historic Mormon church backing

Wednesday, July 01, 2009  "It's 40 years of oppression come to an end," said Dave Morris, owner of the bar Piper Down in Salt Lake City.

Monday, May 18, 2009  Stimulus money to bring radioactive waste to Utah SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- EnergySolutions Inc. will get a share of $6 billion in federal stimulus funds earmarked to clean up low-level radioactive waste at several sites, including one in South Carolina. The Salt Lake City-based company is specifically named in more than half of the project proposals for the Energy Department's stimulus money.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008  A former Lake City police officer has been convicted of drug trafficking and extortion.