Here is the latest South Carolina news from The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Investigators say a Richland County deputy shot and killed a man in a shootout after a traffic stop. Deputies say the officer tried to pull over the driver last night in Columbia because the license plate did not match the vehicle. Authorities say the man sped away, then stopped his car, jumped out and started firing at the officer as he tried to run. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Officials say South Carolina’s new inland port near Greer should be up and running next month, despite losing more than two months of work to rain. State Ports Authority President and CEO Jim Newsome told the authority board that data tests will begin Friday. CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Charges have been filed against a Charleston County 911 call center employee accused of never responding to emergency calls. Sheriff’s Maj. James Brady says 27-year-old Dezerea Shelton of Hanahan is charged with obstruction of justice and misconduct in office. ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” A Seneca firefighter died when the tractor-trailer rig he was driving blew a tire and ran off a bridge over Lake Hartwell in Anderson County. The coroner says 49-year-old David Ray Weight was under water for about half an hour last night before divers got to him.