Hopkins News

Mrs. Bedie Beatrice Burnam Baugh, 87, of Hopkins went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ early Monday morning, June 29, 2009.

Shockwaves are reverberating among the Sumter legislative delegates in the wake of Gov.

The S.C. Attorney General's Office has taken over prosecution of another high-profile, alleged horse abuse case in Richland County.

Nearly six years after 60 horses were seized over allegations they were abused, a Hopkins family is still fighting to get most of them back.

Graveside service for Ella Bell Simpson, widow of Jack Simpson, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Serenity Memorial Gardens.

Commissioners of the state Department of Disabilities and Special Needs said they're looking for a way around a proposal that would cut in-home services, including adult companions and respite care - moves blasted by families as devastating to themselves and the state economy.

A gorilla climbed out of the Riverbanks Zoo exhibit Friday, using a droopy bamboo shoot no thicker than one of his strong fingers to pull himself over a 10-foot wall near a pizza restaurant.

Federal prosecutors say three more people have been charged with cashing checks in a scheme to defraud South Carolina's social services agency of up to $5.2 million.

The Hopkins Park and the Trenholm Park pools in Richland County will open soon for the summer, county officials say.

Richland County deputies are looking for two men who they say broke into a home near Hopkins and robbed the three people inside, before taking off in the victims' car.

Richland 1 crammed class time into as many days as possible to end its school year a week earlier than surrounding school districts.

Take a look at the pictures to the right. Deputy Fire Chief Aubrey Jenkins with the Columbia Fire Department says someone ran into the Park Apartments on Longcreek Drive.

Bill Henry Hopkins, Lieutenant Colonel, USAR , 87, of Columbia, died Sunday, May 10, 2009.

Even though he couldn't spend Mother's Day with his mom, the Rev. Sam McGregor Jr., pastor of Allison Creek Presbyterian Church in Lake Wylie, proudly shared her with the whole nation after Betty McGregor was honored as the 2009 Mother of the Year.

Officials with the Columbia Fire Department say they are responding to a house fire on Bluff Road in Hopkins.

The Sumter County Sheriff's Department has arrested a murder suspect wanted in Lee County.

Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. A suspected burglar gets more than he bargains for after a Hopkins homeowner decides to defend his turf with force.

Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:49 p.m. A suspected burglar gets more than he bargains for after a Hopkins homeowner decides to defend his turf with force.

A suspected burglar gets more than he bargains for after a Hopkins homeowner decides to defend his turf with force.

Richland County EMS officials say someone who tried to break into a Hopkins house was shot Thursday morning by the homeowner.