The state of South Carolina has put up new highway signs and is running public service announcements on television to make sure everyone knows about a law that’s been on the book for years. It’s called the “Move Over” law, which requires drivers to move over if possible, or at least slow down, when they come upon an emergency vehicle that’s stopped on the side of the road. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The “Move Over, America” campaign is hitting South Carolina. The purpose of the effort is to help protect the law enforcement and emergency response officers who risk their lives protecting the public.

The Richland County Sheriff’s Department is the first in the state to begin using a new technology to find stolen cars and stolen license tags. It’s a camera and computer system called the Mobile Plate Hunter 900, which uses two cameras mounted on the patrol car and a laptop computer inside. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

Earlier this week, we told you about a horrific car accident that claimed five lives, in Aiken County. There were three cars involved, and Thursday, the mother of one survivor spoke to WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe.

A wreck on New Holland Road about a mile north of Highway 302 kills five people, that’s according to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton. Count on WJBF News Channel 6 for more information as it becomes available. The deceased have now been identified.

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (SCDPS) announced Thursday, June 4, 2009 that Lance Corporal Lisa M. Lindler, of the South Carolina Highway Patrol, was fired after being arrested and charged for Driving Under the Influence and having an open container of alcohol in her private vehicle.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, 40-year-old Stanley A. Jones, of Wagener, SC was pronounced dead at the scene of a single vehicle crash that happened around 6:15 p.m., Thursday evening.

Attorneys for a former South Carolina trooper caught on video kicking a suspect in the head after a highway chase say their client should not serve time in prison.

Aiken authorities have arrested two suspects in a Kentucky murder case…Aiken County Sheriff’s Office investigators say Dustin Lee Mackie and Angela Mackie were pulled over by the South Carolina Highway Patrol, Thursday night, in Aiken County. The Paducah Police Department has also sent us a press release on the arrest of the Mackies, and the murder they are wanted for.

The South Carolina Highway Patrol arrested a man Sunday night wanted for murder in Massachusetts. Senior Trooper J.C. Elliott stopped a motorist about 6 p.m. for speeding on I-20 near the Broad River Road exit in Richland County.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, at approximately 11:43 p.m. on May 22, 2009 a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle near the intersection of Highway 25 north and Sweetwater Road, in Aiken County.

According to Aiken County Coroner Tim Carlton, Tonya Bragg, of Warrenville, SC was pronounced dead Wednesday at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, in Columbia SC. Bragg was the driver of a 2006 Nissan Altima that was involved in a single car crash near Wagener, SC on May 15, 2009.

Despite a state budget that’s been cut by more than $1 billion, Governor Mark Sanford says lawmakers’ budget for next year still contains pork. The House and Senate hope to have a final version on the governor’s desk this week. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

The ongoing budget fight between Gov. Mark Sanford and state lawmakers took on a new focus Monday: security. Standing outside an empty guard post on the edge of the Statehouse grounds, Gov. Sanford said Statehouse security spending in the Senate budget is just one example of inefficiency and waste. WJBF News Channel 6’s SC Capitol reporter, Robert Kittle, has more.

A pedestrian has been killed after he was struck by a South Carolina trooper on a Spartanburg highway. The Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office says the trooper was headed west on Asheville Highway in his patrol car when the man was struck Thursday night.