Gas Prices Spike as Holiday Nears
Gas prices are spiking just as the Christmas holiday nears. Some prices jumped from under two Dollars a gallon Thursday to nearly $3.15 a gallon by Sunday.
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Son comes home for Christmas, kills mom, then self
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Investigators say a man coming home for Christmas killed his mother in her Summerville home, then drove away and killed himself.
Mental Illness Focus Since Shooting
As one mental health agency tells ABC Columbia News, people are talking more about mental illness. However, calls from concerned parents have taken focus on the issue to a new level.
SC Gov Haley unveils $6.3 billion budget proposal
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley's proposed budget would spend more money on computer security and law enforcement.
SC gets $2.4M bonus for improving Medicaid access
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has been rewarded for enrolling more eligible children in Medicaid services.
Suspect Escapes Authorities after Deputy-Involved Shooting
Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly fired multiple shots at Kershaw County deputies Thursday evening.
Going out with a Bang
We may be saying goodbye to life as we know it Friday.
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.
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.
