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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.

(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.

SC man sentenced for DUI in wreck that killed teen

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina man with six previous convictions for driving under the influenced has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being filed guilty of felony DUI in a wreck that killed a teenager.

SC exhibit features state's public libraries

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's public libraries are the focus of a new exhibit.

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.

NRC says cracks repaired at SC nuclear plant

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Workers have finished repairing cracks at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station in Fairfield County.

Life sentence for suspect in baby sitter's death

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a baby sitter who surprised him as he broke into an Orangeburg home.

SC prison hosting special commencement ceremony

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A special class of South Carolina inmates is scheduled to have a graduation ceremony.

Three-Car Crash With Injuries

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -- Multiple agencies responded to an early morning collision on Blossom Street.

Lexington County couple charged in infant's death

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A Lexington County couple is facing charges in the death of their 2-month-old daughter.

2 charged in shooting death of Sumter man

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Two people are charged in the shooting death of a Sumter man whose body was found alongside a street.

Haley: DeMint's replacement must be a fighter

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says that, while she's looking for a conservative fighter to replace U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, no one would be as conservative and staunch as him.

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.

Operation Santa: Children's Hospital Patients Shop for Families

Thursday, 'Operation Santa,' allowed patients at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital the chance to pick out gifts for those they love the most.

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.