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

Tuesday, March 05, 2013  Updated with video: "This will be the biggest widespread storm of the winter," National Weather Service meteorologist Amy Seeley said.

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  Kershaw County Sheriff Jim Matthews says his deputies are cracking down on dangerous and drunken drivers and it is making the county's roads safer.

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, October 31, 2012  State and federal authorities are investigating after a case with radioactive warnings was seized from a locker at a storage business in Goose Creek.

Friday, June 29, 2012  The Carolinas are bracing for multiple days of temperatures above 100 degrees as a ridge of high pressure pushes warm, moist air in from the Gulf of Mexico.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Wireless Emergency Alerts will have cell phones buzzing in the near future.

Monday, May 28, 2012  Hurrican season doesn't begin until late week, but that didn't stop Tropical Storm Beryl from moving ashore early Monday, bringing heavy rain and high winds to northeast Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Monday, April 16, 2012  Early, dire warnings credited with limiting human death toll in Midwest tornado outbreak

Thursday, June 09, 2011  A growing forest fire has forced thousands from their homes and threatens transmission lines that supply electricity as far east as Texas.

Friday, April 08, 2011  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to issue terrorist warnings through social networking services.

Thursday, March 17, 2011  US authorizes evacuations out of Japan and warns Americans not to travel to country

Friday, March 11, 2011  Updated with 4 videos. Tsunami hits Japan and Hawaii after 8.9 earthquake in Japan.

Sunday, January 30, 2011  Embassies step up advisories, evacuations, as uncertainty prevails in Egypt

Thursday, January 06, 2011  SCE&G is telling residents in the Lower Saluda River area not to be alarmed at the tests taking place around noon on January 11.