WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina congressman is sponsoring an event to help military veterans find resources that can help them in their daily lives.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Relatives of four current and former residents of a home for seniors in Florence say the staff neglected and mistreated their family members.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina lawmakers are reviewing stronger protections for heirs' property — generally property handed down by blacks without a will, often since slavery.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Center for Colon Cancer Research is holding a gala in Columbia to remind people the disease is one of the most preventable and curable forms of cancer when detected early.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Superintendent Mick Zais says South Carolina high school students who don't plan to go to college should be able to choose more practical courses than algebra II, English literature and other classes not perceived as relevant to their life beyond the classroom.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley will not support an earlier proposal to keep food stamp recipients from buying junk food, instead backing an idea requiring people in three counties to show they are working or looking for a job to get the benefits.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The campaign of South Carolina's top prosecutor is returning $200 a lobbyist donated to his 2010 campaign, as requested by the State Ethics Commission.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina ports officials expect a seamless transition from federal studies of deepening the Charleston Harbor shipping channel to dredging on the project which could begin next year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new report says South Carolina faces a shortfall of college educated workers over the next 15 years or so.