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CRIME

Federal government seeks $237M from Sumter hospital

Tuomey Healthcare System will have to pay more than $237 million in fines and penalties if the judge overseeing its recent federal trial upholds the government’s motion filed Wednesday against the local hospital.

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CRIME

Rock Hill parents arrested; accused of not caring for preemies

York police have arrested two parents accused of withholding medical care from their premature sons, who doctors eventually diagnosed as “failure to thrive.”

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CRIME

Columbia police investigating death of child

Authorities are investigating what Columbia Police spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons described as a ‘suspicious child death’ Wednesday night. The death occurred on Lester Drive, a short road that parallels SC 277 just north of Farrow Road.

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WORLD

Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears

Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants...
CRIME

Family’s accountant insists Irmo bookie knew of wife’s life insurance policy

Prosecution rests after 10 days of testimony which included information about a two-year affair between family accountant Ben Staples and Tammy Parker; defense begins its presentation Thursday.
SC MILITARY NEWS

Travelling Vietnam Wall Memorial arrives in Sumter

Sumter resident Jimmy Shuping remembers a time when military veterans weren’t as celebrated as they are today.

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CRIME

Bounty hunters charged with kidnapping in Orangeburg County arrest

A couple of out-of-state bounty hunters found themselves in cuffs Tuesday morning after trying arrest a man wanted in Maryland, police say.
LOCAL NEWS

Moped driver killed in Kershaw crash might have been on cell phone

A woman who died driving a mo-ped in Kershaw County might have been on her cell phone when she crashed into an oncoming pickup truck shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Kershaw County coroner Johnny Fellers said Wednesday.
EDUCATION

More teachers to be hired by Lexington 1

An improved revenue forecast means school officials plan to add 50 teachers by fall, five more than initially proposed.
ELECTIONS IN COLUMBIA AND THE MIDLANDS

Candidate forum set for seat on Richland 1 board

The five candidates seeking a seat on the Richland 1 school board will meet Thursday night at 6 p.m. at a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters.