Investigators with the Allendale Police Department have seized nearly $65,000 dollars worth of counterfeit goods from a local store. Investigators say thousands of pirated CD’s, hundreds of shoes, and dozens of fake name-brand purses are now set to be destroyed. News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more.

A South Carolina pawnshop owner accused by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg of recklessly selling a rifle to an ex-convict has pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge.

The Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston reports record-setting initial ticket sales, despite a troubled economy.

Authorities say a South Carolina man apparently shot himself with his own shotgun after getting tangled in a barbed wire fence on his property.

The South Carolina Attorney General’s office says people who paid to download divorce forms from a Canadian service should get a refund since the forms didn’t comply with state laws.

The mayor of Edgefield is hoping all eyes will soon be on his town, now that a camera has been placed on top of a building overlooking the town square. Some are giving the camera some dirty looks, while others say it’s protection, not invasion. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has the story.

A Bennettsville plant is laying off about a quarter of its employees. Economic development officials in Marlboro County told the Morning News of Florence that Musashi South Carolina, Inc. laid off 54 workers this week.

Authorities say an elderly woman has been removed from a Greenwood home strewn with animal waste and dirty diapers after officers responding to a gun theft call found her back covered with sores and dead roaches.

A former junior ROTC instructor at a South Carolina high school has been found not guilty of two sex charges involving a female student.

A South Carolina animal shelter closed last month because of a canine distemper outbreak is reopening. The Horry County Humane Society board said Wednesday the shelter in Conway was ready to reopen, with new procedures that will reduce the chances of another outbreak.

South Carolina’s environmental board has agreed to hold a hearing on air quality permits for a coal-fired plant planned in rural Florence County.

A South Carolina sheriff’s detective says human remains found in a wooded area could be those of a missing nurse from Union County.

Tuesday night, South Carolina’s Attorney General was one of hundreds rallying in support of a controversial license plate. A federal judge has deemed the “I Believe” plates unconstitutional…so why is the state’s top cop supporting it? WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter Robert Kittle explains.

There was a plan to use public money to put a fence around a private junkyard. Aiken County Council was in favor of that idea, until Tuesday night. Count on WJBF News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for more on the story.

Judge allows Hard Rock Park owners to liquidate.

Tuesday, January 6th is the 4-year anniversary of the tragic train derailment in Granitveville, South Carolina that spilled chlorine gas and killed nine people and injured dozens of others.

A former South Carolina trooper caught on video kicking a suspect in the head has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights charge.

Dense fog blanketed much of South Carolina and western North Carolina, reducing visibility to less than a quarter mile in many areas.

Amid plans to deepen the Savannah River shipping channel, scientists in South Carolina are studying how shortnose sturgeon use the river to spawn.

Federal prosecutors say the three South Carolina men accused of bilking investors out of millions of dollars shouldn’t be allowed to represent themselves at trial.

The 2009 festival has budgeted down more than $2 million from last year.

A candlelight memorial took place Saturday in Graniteville to remember those lost and affected by the January 2005 train derailment.  Nine people died.  Hundreds were hurt and their property damaged.  Count on Renita Crawford for the story.

Some good news out of South Carolina: 2008 was a less-deadly year for drivers, with the number of traffic fatalities lower than they’ve been in more than a decade. Law enforcement says there’s a good reason why. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe explains.

The owners of Hard Rock Park are asking a federal bankruptcy judge for permission to liquidate their assets in the failed Myrtle Beach venture so they can pay their creditors.

This weekend, a vigil will be held in memory of victims from the 2005 Graniteville train wreck. A train derailment caused a cholorine leak near the Avondale Mills complex, in Graniteville, killing nine people and injuring over 250 more.

South Carolina’s ex-Treasurer is in a halfway house, awaiting his release…Thomas Ravenel is serving time for using cocaine. His co-defendant, Michael Mill, has been released.

According to Lt. David Turno, officers from the Aiken Department of Public Safety (ADPS) responded to call from the homeowner at 288 Sand Fox Place in Aiken, about 4:50 p.m., Wednesday afternoon.

December rains have brought Lake Hartwell up nearly four feet from its recent low and officials aren’t having to release any water from the lake to meet downstream needs.

The bad economy has been both good and bad for Charleston Crime Stoppers. The Post and Courier of Charleston reports that the number of tips are up as people seek out the $100 to $1,000 rewards offered for information on crimes.

The U.S. Census Bureau will hire more than 600 workers in South Carolina this year as the nation gears up for the 10-year count of how many people live here.