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Three men have been charged in connection with a drug-related shooting incident Wednesday in the Fairview community, according to the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

Investigators in Lexington County are searching for three people in the Town of Pelion who they want to question about a drug-related shooting that left one man injured Wednesday afternoon.

Federal authorities say 21 people have been charged for their roles in cockfighting businesses operating in South Carolina.

Get all the final results from Tuesday's contested races in municipalities in Lexington and Richland counties, including Batesburg-Leesville's mayoral race and Irmo's vote on allowing Sunday sale of beer and wine by the package.

A 20-year-old Lexington man whose body was found along a road near West Columbia had been shot to death, the Lexington County coroner's office said Monday.

Authorities are investigating the death of a 20-year-old South Carolina man whose body was discovered over the weekend.

"Foul play" is the phrase Lexington County deputies are using to describe the death of a Gilbert man found in West Columbia.

A 29-year-old Bluffton man was arrested earlier this week after driving about three hours in the hope of having sex with an underage girl he met on the Internet, according to investigators.

The Lexington County Coroner's office has concluded that a woman found dead in a wooded area was strangled.

Riverbanks Zoo plans to spend about $40 million to draw children to a new kid-friendly attraction, remake a popular feature, open an Asian-animal exhibit, and get visitors into the zoo more quickly.

A South Carolina legislator tried Tuesday afternoon to introduce a resolution to impeach Republican Gov.

A boil water advisory is in effect for parts of Lexington County. The City of Columbia Water Works has issued one for customers of Old Bush River Subdivision, Shallow Cove Court and Bear Creek Road in Lexington County.

The suspicious death of a middle-aged woman whose body was discovered Sunday may turn out to be Cayce's first murder in years, police said.

A Lexington man is dead after officials say his car ran into a tree. Lexington County Coroner Harry Harman says at 12:30 a.m. Saturday, 21-year-old Jason Fowler was driving down Caulks Ferry Road when he lost control.

Trying to avoid a possible blowup at a relative's home, authorities said Thursday a South Carolina man potentially came close to creating an explosive situation of his own.

UNION -- Authorities say they're removing hazardous and explosive materials from a South Carolina home.

South Carolina's September unemployment rate rose to 11.6 percent from a revised rate of 11.4 percent in August, although the statewide labor force continued to drop to its lowest level in a year.

The Lexington County coroner identified the woman who died Tuesday after a multiple car collison--a collision in which driver of the other vehicle was able to rescue the woman's 3 1/2 year-old son.

Irmo police arrested three people and seized cash, drugs and guns after conducting drug raids Thursday night.