LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators with the Lexington County Sheriff's Department say they've arrested a West Columbia man wanted in the fatal shooting of a man whose home he'd broken into.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say they've found the body of a Lexington County man who had been missing for two years.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Lexington County sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting death of a man in the Dixiana community.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A legislative panel has dismissed allegations that Republican Rep. Bill Chumley of Woodruff inappropriately used state aircraft.

NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in Newberry County are investigating the death of a woman found over the weekend.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County officials say a 51-year-old Chapin man has died after he was thrown from his motorcycle and hit by another vehicle.

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A 14-month-old boy has died after he was backed over by a car in a driveway in Lee County.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A resident of a South Carolina assisted living center is staying in jail after his arrest for firing his gun while at the facility and then shooting at arriving law officers.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Sumter County Sheriff Anthony Dennis says he fired one of his deputies after she fired several shots while she was drunk and off duty, nearly wounding a man.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Department of Transportation says removing trees from part of Interstate 385 has reduced the number of crashes and deaths along a stretch of the highway in Laurens County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The man who kidnapped and killed a 15-year-old Columbia girl orchestrated almost every part of the crime, including a final attempt to frame someone else through the victim's cellphone that likely sealed his fate.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's unemployment rate dropped yet again last month, falling to 7.1 percent in November.

IRMO, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say an electrical problem ignited a Christmas tree, causing a fire that killed a 5-year-old boy and his 18-month-old sister in their suburban Columbia apartment.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The winner of this week's $1 million prize in South Carolina from the Mega Millions lottery says his wife fainted when she found out they won.

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Two Lee County sheriff's deputies have been shot and wounded during a struggle following a traffic stop.