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In Brief: 2/29/16

A man was shot in a local grocery store parking lot, SCDOT will receive a long-awaited traffic study, and a woman is found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.


In-Brief 2/24/16

North Carolina man charged after deputies found meth in his rectum. Teens in Rock Hill were charged in BB gun puppy shooting. Eleventh Circuit Solicitor has been arrested for DUI.


In Brief: 2/23/16

Today in brief: A Lexington County woman has been charged in connection with the death of an infant after a car crash, a former Lexington County resident is facing several child pornography charges and a woman from North Charleston has been charged with petty larceny and assault after an incident at Chuck E. Cheese.


In Brief: 2/22/16

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control identified water systems across the state that have slightly elevated levels of lead. One man is dead and another is missing after their boat capsized on Lake Marion. Four suspects have been arrested and charged with the murder of an Easley teenager.


In Brief: 2/17/16

Two Cayce officers are cleared in fatal officer-involved shooting, renovations to Richland Library Main near completion and a woman is arrested on weapons charges on the grounds of a local high school.


In Brief: 2/16/16

This week in brief: Police are searching for suspects in a carjacking and a non-fatal shooting, Jimmy Methe was charged with voluntary manslaughter after shooting a teenager stealing from his car and Greg Leon was charged with murdering his wife's lover. 


In Brief: 2/15/16

Camden homeowner charged in death of 17-year-old, a local fire captain is charged with assault and a woman attacks her husband with a knife on Valentine's Day.


Dawn Staley at the Women's basketball game against UConn.

Briefing: 2/11/16

This week in brief: The Gamecock women's basketball team lost to UConn, Carly Fiorina suspended her campaign, Marco Rubio campaigned at a town hall in Columbia and Richland County Councilman Kelvin Washington was put on probation. 


In Brief: 2/10/16

A Columbia businessman is accused of tax fraud, an in-state developer purchases 16 acres near new baseball stadium and a suspect in multiple sexual assaults makes bail.


In Brief: 2/9/16

Today in brief: Two Sumter residents have been charged in connection with injuries, including broken and fractured bones, sustained by their 9-week-old child. Columbia adult store, Taboo, is changing ways in which it is run in order to stay open and avoid penalties. Troopers are still looking for a tractor-trailer believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run that left one dead and one injured.


In-Brief: 2/8/16

An escaped criminal suspect is recaptured, Clemson votes to keep Tillman name and Sumter parents are charged in child abuse case.


In-Brief: 2/3/2016

Ted Cruz and Hillary Clinton win the Iowa caucuses, the famed Punxsutawney Phil predicts an early spring, and a prominent SC politician endorses Marco Rubio.


In Brief: 2/2/16

Three teenagers have been charged in connection with Mauldin's fatal shooting on Saturday. Republican presidential candidates will return to South Carolina for a final push before the primary. Chipotle has been cleared by the CDC for the E. coli outbreaks from October to December, and the company has promised new food safety standards.


In Brief: 12/2/15

Clemson University campus police were called to Clemson’s Memorial Stadium Tuesday morning at 8 a.m.; Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has asked Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy to resign; Rudy Giuliani said there was some celebrating by American Muslims during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, but Donald Trump’s claim that thousands of Muslims cheered after the attacks is an exaggeration.


In Brief: 11/18/15

Russia offers $50-million reward for information on plane bombing; Two police officers injured, suspect dead in Cayce shooting; Jindal drops out of 2016 GOP Presidential Race.