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News for the Carolinas
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
A Bishopville police officer is recovering from serious injuries after he was attacked by a dog while on patrol.
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013
South Carolina's prisons agency is seeking additional money to better protect officers who watch over the state's most violent inmates.
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Friday, September 14, 2012
A corrections officer is safe and has been freed after being taken hostage by inmates at a maximum-security prison in Lee County.
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
A Lee County man has died after he was electrocuted while working in a field on his family's farm.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012
A prison guard held hostage at a South Carolina prison has been rescued and officers have regained control of the facility.
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Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Tuesday night, the Lee Correctional Institution is on lockdown. Inmates in the Sumter unit dormitory are holding a guard against his will, according to the State Department of Corrections spokesperson Clark Newsome.
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Monday, May 21, 2012
10 years of playing the lottery finally paid off last Tuesday for a Columbia woman who won $1 million in Mega Millions®.
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Monday, October 31, 2011
South Carolina prison officials say about 40 inmates were involved in a fight at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville.
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
SLED has arrested an inmate from an SC prison for threatening the life of former Governor Mark Sanford and his family.
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Monday, November 08, 2010
Three officers and four inmates have been hospitalized after a fight inside a maximum security prison in South Carolina.
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
Saturday morning, FBI, SLED and the Florence County Sheriff's Office arrested Lee County Sheriff, EJ Melvin, and six others on federal drug conspiracy charges.
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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
City voters will go to the polls today to elect a new mayor.
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Friday, January 29, 2010
Two well-known and popular public servants face each other in a special nonpartisan election on Tuesday in a battle to be Bishopville's next mayor.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009
DHEC says the landfill that caught fire Monday night near Bishopville is not a permitted landfill.
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office may have to evacuate more residents living near a huge fire near Bishopville.
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