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SC House approves updating 26-year-old sex ed law

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislators have approved updating South Carolina's 26-year-old sex education curriculum to include the teaching of safe sex.

1 Dead in Horry County Mobile Home Fire

AYNOR, S.C. (AP) _ A man has died in a mobile home fire in Horry County and police are investigating his death as a homicide.

Bank Robbery In Columbia

Columbia, SC (WOLO)- Columbia Police are looking for a suspect in an afternoon bank robbery. Investigators say around noon a suspect entered "The First Citizens Bank" on North Main Street and demanded money saying he had a gun.

SC DHEC wants review of Certificate of Need ruling

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public health department wants the state's highest court to revisit its ruling that the agency must administer a program regulating the building or expansion of medical facilities even though funding was vetoed by the governor.

Ranger Recounts Play-by-Play of Congaree Rescue

The U.S. Law Enforcement ranger who located a missing Midlands man and his two children in the Congaree National Park, shares the final moments before the family was brought to safety.

Teens charged with breaking into NC church

THOMASVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Two teens have been arrested after they broke into a Thomasville church.

Feds: Plans to mothball MOX plant on hold

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The federal government's plans to mothball a nuclear fuel project at the Savannah River Site are on hold — for now.

Caterpillar Fountain Inn plant closing

FOUNTAIN INN, S.C. (AP) — Caterpillar is moving its engine production plant operations from Fountain Inn to Georgia and Texas, affecting 380 full-time and 130 temporary jobs.

Father Speaks Out After Getting Lost For Days

The father who was lost in the Congaree National Park with his two young children for days says he is not planning a return trip.

Missing father, children, found safe in park

HOPKINS, S.C. Breaking News: Missing father scheduled to speak with media about ordeal. Congaree National Park officials say a father and two children missing for nearly three days have been found safe. According to park officials: All are safe and in stable condition.

SC officer, suspect injured in chase shooting

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — A Florence police officer and a suspect have been hurt in a shooting that followed a police chase.

5 cracks in SC's Jenkinsville reactor under repair

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Five cracks found in the reactor at the V.C. Summer nuclear plant in Fairfield County are being repaired.

Author Nancy Miller speaks on Jewish memoirs

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Author Nancy Miller is sharing the discoveries she made while finding about her family history and how it was tangled up in the massive migration of Jews to the United States.

SC prosecutor observing children's advocacy day

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's top prosecutor is drawing attention to the needs of the state's children.

Surviving in the Woods

ABC Columbia spoke with an outdoor expert to get safety tips to survive in the wilderness.

Tracking sexual assaults on campus

The Obama administration wants schools and colleges to do a better job tracking campus sexual assaults to provide better protections for victims.

SC board wants students to question evolution

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Education Oversight Committee wants high school students to question evolution.

RGA: Another Sheheen attack ad despite criticism

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican Governors Association has released a second round of television ads attacking state Sen. Vincent Sheheen for his previous work as a defense attorney, despite widespread criticism from lawyers in both parties who call that line of attack un-American.