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.
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Crum: Election Commission Needs New Director
Liz Crum, former Chairperson of the Richland County Board of Elections and Voter Registration, resigned Tuesday.
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.'
Police: Woman Turns in Forged Diploma to Police
Columbia Police have arrested a woman and charged her with forgery after they say she turned in a fake diploma with her employment application to Columbia Police.
SC high school lab evacuated after grenade found
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Lexington County high school was evacuated after a training grenade was found inside a science laboratory.
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.
Former KKK member to speak at Spartanburg church
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A former leader in the Ku Klux Klan is coming to Spartanburg to give a message of racial reconciliation.
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.
Election Commission Official Steps Down, Urges Director to do Same
The Chair of the Richland County Election Commission stepped down during a meeting Monday night.
Holtz: "There's a sense of pride here that wasn't here in 1999."
Monday, Coach Lou Holtz addressed USC graduates.
SC Governor's Mansion supervisor killed in wreck
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed after a driver fleeing Cayce police ran a red light and caused an early morning crash.
Man gets 14 years in fraud involving severed hand
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 58-year-old ringleader of an insurance scheme that involved cutting off the hand of a mentally disabled man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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.
Mountain howitzer back on rampart at Fort Sumter
FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. (AP) — A gun like those used by Confederates in the final months defending Fort Sumter is again back on the ramparts of the Charleston fort.
President Speaks to the Hearts of Newtown Residents
President Barack Obama met with families affected by the mass shooting at a Connecticut Elementary school Friday. Telling the close knit community, " you are not alone in your grief."
An Evening with the Gamecocks
It's an annual tradition that some say is just as inspirational for the children battling Cancer, as it is for the players who get to meet each other one on one.
Columbia Shooting
(WOLO) COLUMBIA,S.C. Columbia police are investigating an early morning shooting that sent a teenager to the hospital. Authorities say they responded to the 11 hundred block of King St where they found the victim wandering with a gunshot wound. He…
Connecticut School Shooting Victims: 'Hero' Teacher, Principal, 20 Kids
Twenty bright first graders with their entire lives ahead of them were gunned down on Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Along with the students, the lives of six school staffers, including a devoted teacher and a proud principal, were lost. Click through to see the victims at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Mass Elementary School Shooting Leads to Petitions
The shooting rampage at a Connecticut Elementary School has left wounds that run deep. Thousands now calling on the President to change gun laws to keep this from happening again.
Former KKK Member Comes to Spartanburg
Former KKK Member is expected to come to Spartanburg, but this time he is talking about racial reconciliation.
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.
Mountain howitzer back on rampart at Fort Sumter
FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT, S.C. (AP) — A gun like those used by Confederates in the final months defending Fort Sumter is again back on the ramparts of the Charleston fort.
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.
Governor's Mansion Supervisor Killed in Overnight Crash
Officials say Chamberlain Branch, supervisor of the South Carolina Governor's Mansion, was killed in an overnight accident in Downtown Columbia.
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.
