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

59 minutes ago  Brett Parker's double murder trial was off to a late start Tuesday, but once it began, a steady flow of witnesses continued through the afternoon break.

2 hours, 54 minutes ago  After almost a quarter century, the city of Charleston is again building low-income housing in an area that was ravaged by Hurricane Hugo.

Today at 10:55 AM  Gov. Nikki Haley is calling on legislators to get a bill strengthening the state's weak ethics laws to her desk.

Yesterday at 6:15 PM  United Airlines is again flying the 787, four months after smoldering batteries forced the plane to be grounded worldwide.

Yesterday at 6:10 PM  A 40-year-old man is dead after being shot several times in the backyard of an Anderson home.

Yesterday at 1:50 PM  A 50-year-old man fishing in a Greenwood pond has drowned after he fell out of a boat.

Yesterday at 1:40 PM  GE Healthcare is investing $17 million in a Florence plant that will turn helium gas into supercool liquid needed for medical imaging.

Yesterday at 12:05 PM  AT&T is hiring 120 people across South Carolina as it expands its wired and wireless network nationwide.

Yesterday at 12:00 PM  Lexington County Senator Katrina Shealy hosted a luncheon Monday for seven of South Carolina's soliders who gave their lives while serving our country.

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Yesterday at 10:55 AM  FOX’s The X Factor is taping LIVE in Charleston, SC and you can join Simon Cowell, Demi Lovato and the new judges in the studio audience.

Yesterday at 10:15 AM  The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating why a passenger tumbled out of a moving car on Interstate 95 and died after landing in front of a tractor-trailer.

Yesterday at 10:10 AM  A South Carolina family is determined to never give up on finding their loved one, keeping in mind that three women held hostage for a decade were rescued in Cleveland.

Yesterday at 7:08 AM  A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage. Both Gov. Nikki Haley and her chief Democratic opponent are working to get it to her desk in the legislative session's waning weeks.

Yesterday at 7:00 AM  Consumer watchdog group warns that most sunscreens meet FDA standards, but questionable SPF ratings persist