In Edgefield County, a tractor-trailer traveling on Highway 25 went under a train tressel, but the equipment he was carrying didn’t make it. The equipment struck the tressel and flipped back onto a small pickup truck, killing the driver instantly. UPDATE: The victim has been identified as 27-year-old Jeremy Jay.

Free Pennington was at Jones Creek, Thursday afternoon, but he wasn’t driving his golf ball down the fairway…instead he was driving his number 7 Free American Racing Chevy car. WJBF News Channel 6’s Sports Director Chris Kane has more.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol stopped South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s for speeding this week, but the trooper let the governor’s protective detail driver go without a ticket. The South Carolina Department of Public Safety’s director, Mark Keel, says after investigating the incident, the driver, who is a SLED agent, will now be ticketed. We have the raw dashcam video of the traffic stop.

According to Lt. David Turno, Aiken Department of Public Safety investigators have issued arrest warrants for Dangelo Lamar Johnson, 19 of Teague Street, in Aiken. Johnson is wanted in connection with the July 30th attempted robbery of a taxi driver in Aiken.

According to Sgt. Blaise Dresser, the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO) is currently investigating two incidents that occurred Thursday night, on Gordon Highway, including a driver of a vehicle being shot.

According to Sgt. Aaron Dowdy, the Aiken Department of Public Safety is investigating an attempted robbery of a taxi drive in Aiken.

A dump truck driver who hit and killed a hospital chaplain in April has been sentenced to two years probation.

There has been a deadly accident on I-20, Friday afternoon. Initially, a tractor-trailer and a small car hit each other near Thomson. After pulling off of the interstate, a second tractor-trailer hit them, killing the driver of the first tractor-trailer.

Race car driver and “Dancing With The Stars” winner Helio Castroneves is insisting he’s innocent of federal tax evasion charges.

Race car driver and “Dancing With The Stars” winner Helio Castroneves is insisting he’s innocent of federal tax evasion charges.

A 64-year-old Atlanta taxi driver has a simple explanation of why he returned a bag containing items worth thousands of dollars to a Florida woman, saying, “It wasn’t mine.“

Things got a little spookier than expected during a Charleston ghost tour when a driver lost control of her car and plowed into the group.

A journalism class at the University of South Carolina became newsworthy itself Tuesday. NASCAR driver Kyle Petty showed up as a guest speaker for a public relations class. WJBF News Channel 6’s Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more on the visit.

Rusty Wallace reportedly is considering ending his three-year retirement to drive again, possibly for former rival Dale Earnhardt’s race team. Wallace’s younger brother, Kenny, wrote in his SpeedTV.com blog that the 52-year-old former Cup champion is pondering a return to NASCAR’s top series. Rusty Wallace retired after the 2005 season.

Richmond County school leaders are speaking out after a school bus driver was fired. The termination comes after the driver failed to complete checkout procedures…which put a child’s life in danger. Count on WJBF-TV News Channel 6’s Fraendy Clervaud for the details.