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

Saturday, May 11, 2013  With all the outdoor activities this weekend, the umbrella will be a good thing to keep handy.

Thursday, April 11, 2013  Updated with video: Severe storms hit Midwest with snow, ice and damaging winds

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Winter snowstorm pummels Midwest, heads toward nation's capital and Mid-Atlantic states

Monday, February 25, 2013  Plains region braces for 2nd blizzard in a week after record storm dumped foot of snow

Wednesday, December 26, 2012  An enormous storm system that dumped snow and sleet on the nation's midsection and unleashed damaging tornadoes around the Deep South began punching its way toward the Northeast on Wednesday, slowing holiday travel.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012  Forecasts of snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters and powerful thunderstorms.

Friday, December 21, 2012  The storm, part of a system that began in the Rockies earlier in the week, led airlines to cancel more than 1,000 flights Thursday

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Sandy-battered New York City, New Jersey prepare for new storm - a nor'easter expected to bring wind, surge

Monday, November 05, 2012  Commuters streaming into New York City on Monday endured long waits and crowded trains, giving the recovering transit system a stress test a week after Superstorm Sandy ravaged the eastern third of the country, with New York and New Jersey bearing the brunt of the destruction.

Friday, November 02, 2012  Kristy Cameron says the recent storms in the New York/New Jersey area hit her personally. Cameron is originally from Brooklyn, but now lives in Sumter. She made Sumter her home, and is looking for her fellow South Carolinians to help her fill a 26 foot rental truck with warm coats, blankets and non-perishable food for storm victims in the New York and New Jersey area.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  The first medical office in the nation to earn the Fortified for Safer Business designation is opening in Florence.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Superstorm Sandy rolls inland as East Coast assesses havoc that monstrous hybrid wrought

Monday, October 29, 2012  Dubbed 'Frankenstorm,' it's more than just an ordinary weather system: It's a freakish and unprecedented monster.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Pre-Halloween 'Frankenstorm' threatens East with flooding, high winds; damage could reach $1 billion