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Sunday, June 16, 2013  An unidentified drowning victim was recovered today from Lake Murray near the boat landing at Riverbend Point in Saluda.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  Road reopens after an ammonium nitrate spill in Newberry County Monday night.

Thursday, May 02, 2013  Newberry County Deputies have taken an armed man they were searching for Thursday morning near Little Mountain into custody.

Monday, April 22, 2013  U.S. Reps. Mick Mulvaney and Jeff Duncan are holding a joint town hall in a county they both represent.

Friday, April 19, 2013  Six people have been arrested and two young children are in protective custody after a meth lab bust, according to the Newberry County Sheriff's Office.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Man charged for murdering the mother of his child

Friday, April 12, 2013  An early morning kidnapping led to a high-speed chase from the Newberry County town of Peak to downtown Saluda, according to Newberry Sheriff Lee Foster.

Monday, April 01, 2013  Frank Addy Jr., 58, was found dead Sunday morning from a gunshot to the head at his family's Lake Greenwood home. The Newberry County coroner ruled his death a suicide.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Two Newberry High School students are accused of making the bomb threat that prompted a school evacuation Monday afternoon.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Newberry County Sheriff Deputies found the body of Walter "Tom" Hawkins Jr. 56, on Sunday. He was found in a wooded area of Maple Knoll Road; just outside of Prosperity.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  Are some Midlands counties "warned" better than others?

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  The body of a missing man was found in Lake Murray.

Monday, January 28, 2013  A Chapin man has been arrested for claiming to be a personal bodyguard for South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Three individuals were arrested Thursday after officers located an active meth lab at a home in Newberry.

Monday, October 22, 2012  Authorities say three men suspected of carjacking in Greenville County have been arrested after trying to run from police in Newberry County. Investigators said a trooper who was stopping to check on a disabled car on the shoulder of Interstate 26 near Newberry late Saturday night saw three men run into the woods.