Connected

A two-year-old boy was found safe after police said he was kidnapped when his mother's car was stolen.
Nine people arrested in a prostitution sting in Orangeburg have officers from the Public Safety Department saying they've seen an increase in people selling sex in some areas.
A federal magistrate judge Tuesday afternoon ordered Wilcox County Sheriff Stacy Bloodsworth to resign from office and not to run for re-election.
On Jan. 26, James Sanders made his way out of jail, but documents released on Monday show detention workers made it easy for him. An internal investigation by the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office details the series of events that lead up to the escape.
A woman pleaded guilty last week to helping dispose of her boyfriend's 2-year-old son's body in a trash can and then filling it with 450 pounds of concrete in 2010. Grace Trotman entered a guilty plea on charges of homicide by child abuse and desecration of human remains.
The Dorchester County coroner says 13-year-old Joshua Jacob Mendoza who was found dead at a Summerville home died due to severe malnutrition.
Nine dogs have died and the building at Rowan Animal Clinic on Statesville Boulevard was heavily damaged by fire early Sunday morning.
An Albany Drug Testing company says employers are requesting a cheap, instant test for synthetic marijuana use.
Columbia Police say a check of missing hospitality official Tom Sponseller's car shows nothing unusual and calls to his cell phone are not being returned.
Funeral arrangements have been announced for Dara Lee Watson, the 30-year-old woman shot and killed by her fiance in early February. Friends and family of Watson, a native of Watauga County, NC, will celebrate her life with a 2 p.m. service this Wednesday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, located in the New River Township outside of Boone.