A retired teacher has been arrested and charged with helping her students as they took a South Carolina achievement test last year.

The Aiken County Sheriff’s Office in coordination with the Aiken Department of Public Safety, and SLED, arrested three Augusta, GA. men early Monday morning for Burglary 1st Degree and being in Possession of a Weapon during the Commission of a Violent Crime, in connection with an Aiken County home invasion.

As the nation remembers the 9/11 terrorist attacks eight years ago, a lot of people may be wondering whether we’re any safer than we were just before those attacks. Law Enforcement officials in South Carolina say we are safer now. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A South Carolina man has been arrested after authorities say he called Gov. Mark Sanford’s office and threatened to kill him. The State Law Enforcement Division says 39-year-old Brian MacDermant made the threat Wednesday to a member of Sanford’s staff.  SLED spokeswoman Jennifer Timmons says Macdermant didn’t give a specific reason for wanting to harm Sanford.

The State Law Enforcement Division is defending its recent spending of more than $600,000 on new vehicles and weapons, despite state budget cuts that forced the agency to lay off more than 100 people. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Federal, state and local police have arrested nine people as part of an investigation of gang activity in South Carolina’s Upstate.

A body and a “suspicious package” were found outside the North Augusta Community Center Monday morning. Part of Buena Vista Avenue was shut down for three hours, while investigators and SLED agents worked to find out what happened, and what was inside that package. WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe has more.

Authorities say a device found at a South Carolina business that appeared to be an explosive turned out to be a fake.

South Carolina authorities have seized $5 million worth of marijuana plants that were growing in fields in a northern county. The ‘Herald of Rock Hill’ reported Wednesday that more than 2,500 plants, found in Chester County, have been confiscated and destroyed. No one has been arrested for growing the drug.

The annual peach festival in Gaffney, South Carolina is a time to celebrate the town’s heritage, but this year’s festival has a new meaning after the town was terrorized by a serial killer. Members of the Gaston County Police Department were honored during this weekend’s festival.

Investigators say DNA and fingerprints link suspected serial killer Patrick Burris to two of three shooting scenes in South Carolina.

Authorities say a North Carolina parole officer should not be blamed for failing to tell jail officers to keep the suspected South Carolina serial killer behind bars.

A South Carolina judge has ordered the closure of a South Carolina funeral home where a worker cut off the legs of a body to fit in a casket. WJBF News channel 6 has exclusive video from the hearing from our SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle.

Officials have decided a Dallas, N.C., couple will get a $30,000 award for calling in the tip that led to a man who authorities say was a serial killer who shot to death five people in South Carolina.

A small but vocal and adamant group of protesters rallied at the Statehouse, Thursday night, calling for Gov. Mark Sanford to resign or for state lawmakers to impeach him. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter Robert Kittle has more. Also, let us know in our web poll if you think Governor Sanford should resign.