GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Two Goose Creek firefighters have been injured after they were hit by a motorist.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old Mount Pleasant man visiting the University of South Carolina earlier this year died from an accidental drug reaction.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina customers are getting a chance to weigh in on a proposed rate increase by Duke Energy Corp.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Florence couple with homicide by child abuse after their 9-month-old child tested positive for cocaine and died.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four South Carolina counties have gone to court to challenge the state's authority to conduct the 2012 presidential primary.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — The Humane Society has agreed to continue accepting stray animals from Spartanburg County animal control officers after the county paid about half its past due bill to the organization.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four South Carolina counties have gone to court to challenge the state's authority to conduct the 2012 presidential primary.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" is looking for a South Carolina family to feature on its program.

ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say a man and his 11-year-old son were injured when a small-engine plane crashed in the backyard of a home near DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort County deputies say a man trying to fend off three attackers managed to grab a machete, cutting off the finger of one assailant and sending another to the hospital with a head wound.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Members of a South Carolina task force formed to fight an ornamental beach planting that carpeted dunes like kudzu are holding their last meeting.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — An Anderson woman is continuing her tradition of mailing pumpkins to her four children and a friend.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Bond has been denied for a man charged with strangling a 53-year-old woman found dead in her home.