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Wednesday, June 05, 2013  The new director of the Richland County Elections & Voter Registration office will start June 24.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013  The head of the Orangeburg County Election Commission is applying to become the paid head of the county's Voter Registration Department.

Monday, May 27, 2013  The man hired to be Richland County's new elections director says he will have plenty of time to do the job right.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  The elections director in Orangeburg has been selected to take over elections in Richland County.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  A South Carolina man will serve the next 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting and killing two Orangeburg women.

Sunday, May 12, 2013  Authorities say an autopsy shows that one of four inmates who died at the Orangeburg County Detention Center over the past nine months died of natural causes.

Thursday, May 09, 2013  Prosecutors say an Orangeburg County sheriff's deputy was justified when he shot and killed a suspect who was using a shovel in what was called a "threatening manner."

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  After meeting for two hours Wednesday afternoon, a decision to hire a new Executive Director will have to wait a little longer.

Saturday, April 20, 2013  Orangeburg County Sheriff's deputies and Federal investigators have arrested a man after they say he accepted a a delivery of a PAC-Man video game filled with marijuana.

Monday, April 01, 2013  A man charged in the beating death of a Bowman man in 2005 has been arrested by Orangeburg County sheriff's deputies.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A person was shot and killed by an Orangeburg County deputy this afternoon.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A driver is dead after his SUV crashed in Orangeburg County.

Monday, March 04, 2013  Orangeburg County officials are trying to determine a cause of death for a man whose body was found in a ditch.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  A hit-and-run collision that occurred near Orangeburg County is under investigation by the South Carolina Highway Patrol.

Thursday, February 07, 2013  The Orangeburg County Sheriff's Office said a second Berkeley County man has been arrested and charged in the September murder of a Holly Hill man