GM Recalls Pickup Trucks to Fix Problem with Hoods
General Motors is recalling nearly 119,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because the hoods can fly open unexpectedly and block the driver's vision.
Calhoun News
South Carolina to Fall Silent for Victims
South Carolina will go quiet Friday morning.
Web Sites to Go Dark Friday for Sandy Hook Victims
Some major web sites will go dark for one minute Friday at 9:30 a.m. Eastern as a national moment of silence for the victims of last week's Connecticut school shooting.
Man charged in Aiken store parking lot killing
AIKEN, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say they have charged a 25-year-old man in connection with a shooting death in a car in the parking lot of an Aiken convenience store.
SC's Lesson from CT: Address Mental Illness
The amount of sadness and grief is hard to quantify for those in Connecticut and here at home. However, experts say the reported root cause of the tragedy, mental illness, isn't going away anytime soon.
Two children from Chesterfield County found safe
An Amber Alert has been cancelled for two children who were missing from Chesterfield County.
Man gets 25 years in Greenwood shooting death
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) _ A Greenwood man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the shooting death of another man last year.
Evidence against Grant stands, trial date set
Freddie Grant's attorney wanted evidence found at Grant's home, which authorities claim links him to the disappearance of Gabbie Swainson, suppressed. A federal judge felt differently.
17-year-old arrested with weapons at Easley school
EASLEY, S.C. (AP) _ A 17-year-old student has been arrested after officials found a host of weapons in his car at Easley High School.
Counselor: 'You get through it.'
The holidays can be a tough time for people who have lost loved ones. A tragedy like an elementary school shooting compounds the trauma and grief. But as one licensed professional counselor explains, children and adults in the Midlands can overcome, saying, 'You don't get over it, you get through it.'
Drought conditions deepen throughout the Carolinas
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conditions are dry across the Carolinas, and there may not be much relief in sight.
Threat causes evacuation of Myrtle Beach High
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say Myrtle Beach High School was evacuated for about four hours after a threat was found written on a bathroom wall.
Haley selects Tim Scott to replace DeMint
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO/AP) -- South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has announced that Rep. Tim Scott will serve as the replacement for U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint.
Connecticut Update: Shooter believed to have suffered from personality disorder.
NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- Police aren't saying what may have motivated a man to open fire inside two classrooms at a Connecticut elementary school Friday, but a law enforcement official who has been briefed on the investigation says the gunman was believed to suffer from a personality disorder.
Connecticut Mother in Midlands Reacts
One mother we spoke with remembers a very different Connecticut growing up as a little girl in a nearby town. Now living in Sweden, but visiting family in Columbia, she has a renewed desire to keep her children safe. Midlands law enforcement officers do also.
Update: 20 Children Dead in School Shooting
More than two dozen people, 20 elementary school children, were shot and killed at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school Friday, federal and state sources tell ABC News.
SC Senate panel schedules hearing on hacking
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A state Senate panel probing ways to increase the state's cyber security is scheduled to take testimony from the company South Carolina hired in the wake of the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.
Clover man says he killed brother in self-defense
CLOVER, S.C. (AP) _ York County deputies are trying to figure out if a man feared for his life and was defending himself when he shot and killed his 21-year-old brother in the house they shared.
Eichelberger Tragedy to Bring Hope for Scholarships
Today would have been the Reverend Tryon Eichelberger's 90th birthday. He was 87 when a man burst into his Columbia home and beat him nearly to death in the Spring of 2009. He later died from those injuries. An event is set to take place to remember his life by giving someone the chance to improve their own.
SC tax agency to receive loan for hacking response
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's tax collection agency will receive a $20 million loan to pay for the state's response to the hacking of millions of taxpayers' personal data.
Ship Temporarily Grounds Off Sullivans Island
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ A large cargo ship coming into the Port of Charleston became temporarily grounded off Sullivans Island but was later freed without incident.
Deputy 'Santas' Target Elderly for Christmas
Richland County deputies are targeting the elderly...for crimes of the heart. As ABC Columbia's Monique Williams discovered, Santa is bringing Christmas early for some Midlands seniors.
Ex-SC Speaker Wilkins won't mull DeMint's seat
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former South Carolina House Speaker David Wilkins says he won't consider an appointment to fill a U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jim DeMint.
SC Revenue Dept seeks loan to cover hacking costs
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina agency that maintains the taxpayer records accessed by an international hacker wants help paying for expenses related to the breach.
Haley, AG Wilson to address ethics panel
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A committee formed to look into ways to reform South Carolina's laws is holding another meeting.
