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Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A Kershaw County chemical company has reached a $500,000 settlement with the federal government over pollution claims.

Thursday, February 28, 2013  Missing person's alert has been cancelled. She was found safe in the Philippines.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  A car crashed into a utility pole on Kershaw Street in Timmonsville causing power outages, according to Florence County 911 dispatchers.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012  A Winthrop University student has been killed in a wreck as traffic backed up on Interstate 20 in Kershaw County while authorities searched for two missing North Carolina teens.

Monday, October 29, 2012  Two missing North Carolina teens were found dead in Kershaw County Sunday night.

Monday, October 29, 2012  A 21 year old Conway woman Morgan Leanne Hughes has been killed in a three vehicle crash that also left three others injured. It happened Sunday night in Kershaw County on I-20 at mile marker 98, according to Highway Patrol.

Tuesday, December 27, 2011  A 23-year-old man has been charged in the death of a woman authorities say was abducted from a Chesterfield County store and beaten to death in a random attack.

Monday, December 26, 2011  Deputies say suspect admitted to killing the woman.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011  Authorities say a small town South Carolina police officer was arrested after he accidentally dialed his cell phone while sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl, allowing her mother to hear what happened.

Thursday, October 06, 2011  State police captured Franklin Graham around 3 p.m. Thursday. Marion County deputies say he was about 75 yards into the woods off Highway 41 outside of Mullins, hiding in a ground line, which they describe as a tent hunters use.

Thursday, October 06, 2011  Marion County Sheriff Mark Richardson says deputies and police are looking for Franklin Graham of Columbia. Mulllins schools, the Palmetto School and Pee Dee Academy are locked down as a precaution

Wednesday, October 05, 2011  Lamar police arrested Jeffery Nicholas Cox, 21, of Ft. Lawn Tuesday night.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011  Solicitor Will Rogers cleared an officer who shot and killed a man in June.

Tuesday, July 05, 2011  South Carolina State Forester Gene Kodama has issued a ban on outdoor burning in counties within the South Carolina Forestry Commission Pee Dee operating region.

Sunday, June 26, 2011  Authorities say an 11-year-old Kershaw County boy has been killed in an ATV accident.