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Thursday, May 02, 2013  An An Alaska-based soldier from South Carolina will serve nearly 12 years in a military prison and be dishonorably discharged after killing a fellow soldier on Christmas morning.

Thursday, April 18, 2013  A Ladson woman has been arrested and accused of causing her 17-month-old child's death last year.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  A Columbia soldier is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious Best Warrior Competition in Florida.

Friday, March 22, 2013  An inmate who walked out of a South Carolina jail more than a year ago has been captured in California.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A Midlands man says he already knows there was ancient life on Mars.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Almost 400 firefighters from across the Palmetto State were in Columbia for the 31st annual Southeastern Fire School March Training weekend.

Friday, March 08, 2013  A second suspect has been arrested in connection with the February shooting death of a Coastal Carolina University student.

Thursday, March 07, 2013  A Georgia man is dead after a fall from a railroad overpass in South Carolina.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Three people were arrested Tuesday evening after Lexington County deputies seized a meth lab being operated out of a home near West Columbia.

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Former basketball coach Gregg Marshall and longtime university president Anthony DiGiorgio will be among seven people to be inducted into the Winthrop Athletics Hall of Fame.

Friday, January 25, 2013  NASA testing vintage engine from Apollo 11 rocket as it seeks to develop the next generation of rockets.

Thursday, January 24, 2013  The Army says a soldier stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage has been charged in the Christmas morning shooting death of another soldier at the military base.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  An 81-year-old woman has been found dead in a Charleston house fire.

Friday, November 30, 2012  A Columbia man is dead after trying to disassemble his pistol at a West Columbia shooting range.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  The hacker who reportedly accessed millions of South Carolina tax returns apparently breached state databases via two different paths.