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Thursday, March 14, 2013  A Midlands man says he already knows there was ancient life on Mars.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  The weeklong search for the Winnsboro police officer accused of shooting his estranged wife is finally over.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  Fairfield County deputies are looking for a Winnsboro police officer they say shot and wounded his estranged wife.

Thursday, August 23, 2012  Authorities say a missing girl from Fairfield County has been found in Orangeburg County.

Friday, August 03, 2012  A manhunt still continues for a suspect found during a discovery of a Marijuana field in Fairfield County.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  The discovery of a Marijuana field near Winnsboro has lead to a manhunt.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Officers have burned hundreds of marijuana plants they found near Interstate 77 in the northeastern Fairfield County.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012  Fairfield county deputies burn $4 million worth of majiuana.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Police say they have arrested a suspect a day after another man was shot to death in Winnsboro.

Monday, April 09, 2012  A Fairfield County woman is dead at the hands of her husband, according to the Fairfield County Sheriff's Dept.

Thursday, April 05, 2012  DHEC has recommended a man and woman from Fairfield County undergo rabies treatment after coming into contact with a bat.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Three students at Fairfield Central High School are charged with assault and battery after exposing the breasts of a female student in front of a class while the teacher was absent.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  A father of three children ages 2 to 6, Fairfield County resident Kevin Thomas says he's not excited about sending them to the county's public school system.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012  Newt Gingrich says he paid 31 percent of his income in taxes for 2010, more than double the 15 percent that Mitt Romney says he paid.

Wednesday, July 06, 2011  Midlands BioFuels unveiled a new Biodiesel unit in Fairfield County Wednesday.  The Biodiesel Blending Unit will mix petroleum diesel with biodiesel for sale across the Palmetto State.