The 10 Most Active Stories

1. Text Message Scam Could Wipe Out Your Accounts

Elgin, SC (WLTX) -- For those of you who use text messaging on your cell phone, scammers are hoping to scare you into giving up personal information that could clean out your accounts..

2. Post Office Scare Likely Caused by Pepper Spray

Sumter, SC (WLTX) - Emergency officials in Sumter now say they believe a pepper spray released is likely to blame for a scare at the post office Thursday morning that led to the building's evacuation.

3. Dad Accused of Placing Baby in Oven

McCracken County, KY (WPSD) - A Kentucky father is behind bars after he allegedly left his baby inside an oven overnight.

4. Man Accused of Fraudulently Taking $5,000

West Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Police are searching for a man they say lied to them and used a fake phone call to receive $5,000 in cash from a credit union employee on Jan. 26.

5. "Attention Wal-Mart Customers: All Black People Must Leave the Store Now"

Washington Township, NJ (AP) - A Walmart store announcement ordering black people to leave brought chagrin and apologies Wednesday from leaders of the company, which has built a fragile trust among minority communities.

6. Man Sues LASIK Eye Centers for $180 Million

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A lawsuit filed in South Carolina accuses eye clinics across the country of causing patients serious injury during laser eye-correcting surgery.

7. Vacation Cut Short for Cruise Passengers Again

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- A cruise liner on which passengers fell sick with a stomach bug on three straight cruises has returned to the South Carolina coast.

8. SC Government Loan For Golf Tournament Has People Talking

Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- It is an issue that has people on WLTX.com riled up. Wednesday lawmakers voted to keep a $10 million loan in the budget for a golf tournament.

9. Somebody's Watching You at Work

(USA TODAY) - Firms have become sharp-eyed, keenly eared watchdogs as they try to squeeze every penny's worth of their employees' salaries and to ensure they have the most professional and lawsuit-proof workplaces.

10. SC House Approves $5 Billion Budget with Overnight Session

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- South Carolina legislators have given key approval to a $5 billion spending plan following a nearly 22-hour debate that focused on abortion, cigarette taxes and a loan to a golf tournament.