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Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Authorities say an Elgin Town Councilman has been arrested again. This time, he is accused of assaulting his wife.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  A House panel has advanced a bill designed to keep electronic cigarettes out of juvenile's hands.

Monday, February 11, 2013  Members of a South Carolina chapter of the Hell's Angels motorcycle club are set to go on trial for charges accusing them of drug sales, armed robberies, prostitution and other crimes.

Friday, January 04, 2013 

Monday, October 22, 2012  The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency says he realizes his preliminary budget calling for nearly $200 million more in 2013-14 is likely an impossible request.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Clemson University wants to ban use of any tobacco products on campus in two years.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  State employees and retirees won't pay more for their health care premiums next year, but South Carolina taxpayers will.

Monday, July 30, 2012  Federal data show most guns recovered from New York crimes last year originated in states with fewer legal restrictions, though the largest single source is still New York, where nearly 1,600 were first purchased.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Two men have been indicted on federal drug charges stemming from a fire at a Goose Creek apartment in May that killed three people and left 36 homeless.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012  Authorities are ready to talk about what they're calling a significant criminal investigation in South Carolina.

Monday, July 09, 2012  Feds name 4 suspects in border agent's death linked to Operation Fast and Furious

Monday, May 14, 2012  Students, faculty and staff from the University of South Carolina are boarding a bus to learn more about the state.

Sunday, April 08, 2012  Ex-smokers who lived to tell about their health struggles hitting the airwaves in an ad-campaign geared to make people kick the habit.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  US Surgeon General: More work is needed to keep young people from using tobacco products

Monday, September 12, 2011  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies have done it again. Sheriff Matthews says while conducting a traffic stop, deputies seized a significant amount of contraband headed to the South Carolina Department of Corrections facility in Columbia.