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The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division rolled out the sexual assault kit tracking system in the PeeDee and Midlands in December and January, respectively. Tuesday, it went live in the Upstate and Lowcountry regions.

South Carolina’s governor wants the state’s top police officer to serve six more years, but to keep his retirement benefits, South Carolina Law Enforcement Division Chief Mark Keel must first take 30 days off.

A convicted killer is back behind bars in South Carolina four months after he was released as part of an unannounced deal that cut his 35-year prison sentence nearly in half.

State police released a number of additional reports Monday on the shooting deaths of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh, but they contained little new information and a number of passages blacked out.

A South Carolina newspaper is suing the police agencies investigating the shooting deaths of a mother and son from one of South Carolina's prominent legal families. The Post and Courier in Charleston reports that it filed the lawsuit Thursday against the State Law Enforcement Division and the Colleton County Sheriff's Office. The newspaper argues that authorities violated public records law by refusing to release 911 calls and police reports.