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Richland 2: 7 p.m. Tuesday at Blythewood Middle School, 2351 Longtown Road East, Blythewood.

Richland County is negotiating to possibly buy 128 acres along Lower Richland Boulevard, which once belonged to dairy farmer Sam McGregor, to develop a park, possibly including a golf course.

Three horses exhumed from Richland, S.C., properties once belonging to the Trexler family died from starvation, according to a preliminary report issued by Melinda D. Merck, DVM, senior director of veterinary ...

Tucked behind the Village at Sandhill shopping center, a factory pumps out hundreds of machine guns and rifles every day for U.S. forces fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“Somebody spent a lot of time and knew what they were doing”

PASQUOTANK COUNTY Charges may be filed as early as today against a couple who authorities say had a marijuana-growing operation in a room that had been converted from a garage. via PilotOnline.com

Birth mother, father, and two possible older siblings. Late June 1965 was my birth. via Cousinconnect.com

“In the long run, this legislation encourages wasteful Washington spending through the broken process of earmarking.”

Here's how area members of Congress voted on major roll calls in the week ending April 18. via Spartanburg Herald-Journal

A couple whose son was killed in a shooting want to raise money to print playing cards featuring unsolved homicides and missing persons cases from South Carolina. via WIS-TV Columbia

South Carolina businesses, schools and churches billed by a Florida company for Internet advertising they didn't know they were buying are eligible for restitution under a 26 state settlement. via Myrtle Beach Online

A spokesman for the South Carolina Army National Guard says about 200 soldiers expected to return this week are still in Kuwait because their flight was canceled. via WACH-TV Columbia

Services for Annie "Myrtle" Jacobsen, 83, of Lexington, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 14, 2008 at Christ the King Lutheran Church. via The State - South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- South Carolina forestry officials says the current drought is making an invasive weed more threatening than ever. via WLTX-TV Columbia

“Everybody here now is working really closely to get the renourishment going”

Property owners along the severely eroding Wild Dunes beachfront will pay a total of $18,000 for littering the coast and marshes with tens of thousands of small sandbags that washed away in storms last spring. via The Post and Courier

“I can't imagine losing a year and a half of hard work. I don't even care about the money anymore.”

By Robert Morris - rmorris@thesunnews.com For participants in the state's immigration reform effort, the upcoming ban on illegal immigrants in public colleges is a logical step. via Myrtle Beach Online

“We don't need to water every day. They're watering from (groundwater) wells, and the groundwater is still low.”

Usually tepid creeks look like raging torrents. Puddles dot backyard gardens. Plants that have looked sickly for the past year shoot out new, green leaves suddenly.

The drought must be over, right?

Not quite so fast.

'We have seen some improvements,' said state climatologist Hope Mizzell. 'But we're still worried about some areas.'

Here's a quick rundown on the situation in South Carolina:

** Soil moisture: Good news. The top eight inches are saturated after most of the state got from an inch to 2.5 inches of rain during the weekend. That's great for gardeners, farmers and plants of all kinds. Read more

The first members of a South Carolina National Guard unit deployed in Afghanistan are beginning to return home. via Myrtle Beach Online

“When more than one million students a year drop out of high school, it's more than a problem, it's a catastrophe.”

South Carolina, like many other states, suffers from high dropout and low graduation rates. via Post and Courier

“The difference between this time and last is that I've got a record to run on, and I'm very proud to run on”

Florence resident Barry Wingard has filed to run as a Democrat for the S.C. House of Representatives District 63 seat, held by Republican Kris Crawford of Florence, who is seeking re-election. Wingard, 60, is a ... via WBTW

South Carolina's request for Federal Small Business Administration Disaster Assistance Loan Programs has been granted. via WRDW-TV Augusta

“Is there a floor below which no American child should fall, regardless of the accident of geography that accounts for where they are born and raised?”

South Carolina is one of the worst states in the nation to be a kid, according to a new report. via The Post and Courier