LADSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a motorist has shot and killed a man who tried to carjack his vehicle in Ladson.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A legislative panel has postponed a vote on a bill that would exclude medical expenses from the $600,000 per-event liability cap that protects the government from paying unlimited damages, regardless of the number of government entities involved.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A Winthrop University student has been attacked while she tried to rent a movie outside a drugstore near campus.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Greenville County deputies say they arrested a man who killed one man and shot another while trying to take marijuana from him.

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say an inmate jailed in Charlotte, N.C., after he was found driving a missing 87-year-old Pennsylvania man's car has led investigators to a body in Lancaster County, S.C.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Scientists and astronomy enthusiasts from around the country are coming to Hilton Head Island to talk about the planets and the stars.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Augusta National Golf Club Chairman Hootie Johnson and ex-NFL players Stephen Davis and Duce Staley head up the 2012 class for the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are crediting some observant goats for helping officers find a man who ran away from a car after it crashed during a police chase.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill creating a State Day of Prayer to coincide with the national one is now heading to South Carolina's Senate floor.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell has been sworn in as South Carolina's new lieutenant governor.

RIDGELAND, S.C. (AP) — A judge has refused to change his ruling that a manslaughter charge against a Lowcountry tow truck driver cannot be dismissed on grounds of self-defense.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say no charges will be filed against a man who stabbed another man to death in Spartanburg last month.