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Lattimore To Travel With USC To Tennessee

Marcus Lattimore will travel to Knoxville this Saturday to support his Gamecock teammates from the sideline. ABC Columbia's Tim Hill has more information from Steve Spurrier's weekly press conference from Williams-Brice Stadium.

DHEC Cracks Down on Bath Salts

Controversy surrounding the use of bath salts and synthetic marijuana prompts action by the Department of Health and Environmental Control.

GOP Responds To Counties' Primary Challenge

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ South Carolina's Republican Party said in a court filing that the state Supreme Court should dismiss a challenge to its presidential primary brought by counties in a dispute over reimbursements.

SC Medicaid Agency May Add 70,000 Kids To Program

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The director of South Carolina's Medicaid agency wants to make it easier for low-income children who already qualify for health care coverage to enroll. Director Tony Keck is seeking an additional $35 million from the state in his 2012-13 budget proposal. Nearly $30 million of that would pay to add an estimated 70,000 children to Medicaid rolls by streamlining the application process.

SC schools counseled on church-state separation

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney says officials at a South Carolina school district are committed to the First Amendment's separation of church and state after the district held a Christian-themed rally last month.

SC State Fair Last Day

The South Carolina State Fair ends it eleven day run Sunday. It has been a mixed bag of weather for one of the largest events in the state.

Lexington County Deputies Probe Fatal Shooting

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Lexington County sheriff's deputies say a man has been killed in a shooting. Investigators said 40-year-old Kelvin Bouknight was shot three times on a road just off Interstate 26 near Columbia around 9 p.m. Thursday.

Gasoline Thieves

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Orangeburg County deputies say thieves managed to pump about 2,200 gallons of premium gasoline from a gas station in five separate thefts this month.

Columbia police officers respond to burning cross

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Columbia spokeswoman says police officers responded to a report of a burning cross and racial slur involving a man charged this week with taking money from seven vulnerable adults.

70 Families Could Soon Be Homeless

Nearly 70 families call Parkwood Mobile Home Park in West Columbia, home. But on Thursday, residents received an unofficial eviction notice.

SLED: Former deputy sent sexual messages to teen

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Beaufort County Sheriff's deputy is accused of sending increasingly sexual online messages to a 15-year-old girl that led to personal meetings while he was on duty.

President Says U.S. Troops Home by end of 2011

President Barack Obama says the Iraq war is at its end, and he's announcing that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn by year's end. Obama's statement put an end to months of wrangling over whether the U.S. would maintain a force in Iraq beyond 2011.

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