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Thurmond Dam water flow into Savannah River halted Sunday

Flows from Thurmond Dam into the Savannah River were halted Sunday after heavy rains downstream offered an opportunity to conserve water in Thurmond Lake. “We stopped the outflows from the dam on Sunday after we saw that inflows at Stevens Creek were approaching 9,000 cubic feet per second,...

03/30/09 - 10:40am

Hearing planned today for son, mother held in fatal beating

A first appearance hearing will be held today for Christopher Bowers and Rebecca Sears, two Columbia County residents accused in the fatal beating of Laverne Katherine Parsons in her Grovetown home. The hearing will be closed to the public in case the mother and son say anything during the proceedi...

03/30/09 - 9:50am

Love misses out on Masters invite

ORLANDO, Fla. – Davis Love III needed someone else’s misfortune to get into the Masters. He almost got it. Love fell out of the top 50 in the world ranking Sunday by four-hundredths of a point, and it all came down to a shot by Pat Perez on the 18th hole at Bay Hill that cleared the rock...

03/29/09 - 10:49pm

Tiger wins at Bay Hill

ORLANDO, Fla. - The clutch shots. The late charge. An electric birdie putt on the 18th hole at Bay Hill. Yep, Tiger Woods is back. With those familiar back-nine heroics and a putt most everyone knew he was going to make, Woods holed a 15-footer for birdie to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational for ...

03/29/09 - 9:03pm

Tar Heels reach Final Four

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Blake Griffin might be the nation's best player. North Carolina brushed him aside with a total team effort. Ty Lawson scored 19 points and Danny Green added 18 to lead the top-seeded Tar Heels to a 72-60 win over Griffin and Oklahoma on Sunday in the South Regional final. Nort...

03/29/09 - 7:21pm

Jimmie Johnson gets win at Martinsville

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- Jimmie Johnson nudged Denny Hamlin aside in the third and fourth turns with 15 laps to go and gave team owner Rick Hendrick a perfect place to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his first victory in NASCAR's premier series: Victory Lane. Johnson, dubbed "Mr. Martinsville" by...

03/29/09 - 6:05pm

Michigan State joins Final Four

INDIANAPOLIS – Michigan State gave the Final Four a hometown feel, stopping overall No. 1 seed Louisville 64-52 Sunday to win the Midwest Regional. Goran Suton had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the second-seeded Spartans (30-6) reached their fifth Final Four in 11 years. Only 90 miles from the...

03/29/09 - 4:54pm

Villanova makes Final Four

BOSTON – Scottie Reynolds made a half-court dash for the game-winning shot with 0.5 seconds left, leading Villanova over Pittsburgh 78-76 Saturday night and back to the Final Four for the first time since its shocking run to the 1985 championship. Dwayne Anderson scored 17 points for the third...

03/28/09 - 10:20pm

Bobby Jones crash kills man, 26

A car crash on Bobby Jones Expressway killed a 26-year-old man this evening. The victim, whose identity was not released pending family notification, was driving east about 5:30 p.m. when he lost control of his Oldsmobile Alero while attempting to exit at Windsor Spring Road, said Richmond County D...

03/28/09 - 7:26pm

UConn reaches Final Four

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Freshman Kemba Walker scored 23 points as Connecticut held off Missouri 82-75 on Saturday to earn a trip to the Final Four and extend the Big East’s dominance of the NCAA tournament. The top-seeded Huskies blew an early 11-point lead but survived against the frenetic thi...

03/28/09 - 7:04pm
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