YORK When he was a teenager, Brian Rose reported a house fire in York and watched as the firefighters who responded bravely battled the blaze. The experience sparked his own desire to be a firefighter.

FORT MILL Late dog of Fort Mill couple has her day in 2012 calendar

CLINTON South Carolina investigators are looking into the death of a Presbyterian College student and football player.

WALTERBORO, S.C. The South Carolina Highway Patrol is investigating a fiery crash on Interstate 95 in Colleton County that injured nine people.

ROCK HILL Twenty-three lottery tickets were stolen from a Rock Hill gas station.

ROCK HILL A Rock Hill man is accused of stabbing another man after asking him for a ride Friday.

COLUMBIA Sonny, a 2-year-old rescued pit bull, was adopted as a mascot for the Richland County Sheriff’s Department gym. Officials hope the dog, who spent its early life chained to a tree with little human contact, will brighten up gym members’ moods and get them ready for a workout.

COLUMBIA, S.C. An advocacy group's lawsuit accusing South Carolina's prisons agency of violating the rights of mentally ill inmates is getting a hearing.

PICKENS Robert Perry leans forward in his rocking chair and picks up a small bottle, full of a pink, nearly clear liquid, and he grins.

LAKE WYLIE The Bethel Volunteer Fire Department has big plans for the future and new leadership aiming to see them completed.

ROCK HILL Armed with smartphones and an array of Web tools, the students at Northwestern High in Rock Hill spent much of last semester using technology to come up with solutions for hypothetical and real-life situations.

YORK COUNTY A matchup between two high-profile Rock Hill residents may make the race for a seat on the York County Council one of the most expensive and interesting the county has seen, York County political analysts say.

Nearly two-dozen college students and community residents held lit candles in front of Byrnes Auditorium at Winthrop University on Saturday night to condemn any hint of possible U.S. military intervention in Iran.

ROCK HILL No matter whether you take your chocolate in a pastry, coffee or chili, whether you prefer it frozen or deep fried, you were welcome at Epiphany Lutheran Church's Chocolate Festival on Saturday. And you had options.

ROCK HILL York County Library officials hope to have wireless Internet access at all branches within the next few months.

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COLUMBIA Late on weekend nights, thousands of University of South Carolina students and other Columbia partygoers check their phones for the latest updates on cops in Five Points and the Vista.

HarborChase Assisted Living and Memory Care of Rock Hill recently collected more than 50 coats for children and adults served by Pilgrims' Inn.

Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded on Jan. 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo, warning that if the weather were too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle's rocket boosters could fail.

York Technical College will host a Black History through Music Celebration at 7 p.m. Monday at the Baxter Hood Center at the college.