Americans saw their income drop so dramatically in January that it marked the deepest one-month decline in 20 years.

President Barack Obama has signed an order that will force the government, including the Pentagon, to make $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say there is no public health threat related to the death of a 5-year-old Greenville student who went home sick and died hours later.

President Obama says communities near military bases will take a serious blow, due to the automatic spending cuts known as sequestration. That, of course, could mean the Midlands. Adjutant General of the South Carolina National Guard, Maj. Gen. Robert Livingston, is not happy about it.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina African American Chamber of Commerce is bringing utility leaders and politicians together to discuss the future of nuclear power and engineering.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) _ Union school bus drivers in Charleston are about to vote on a new contract. The drivers plan to vote on a new contract Saturday. The president of Teamsters Local 509, L.D. Fletcher, says if union members reject the contract, a strike would begin Monday.

With $85 billion in spending cuts looming the nation, including South Carolina, is bracing.

It is being called the most important legal battle over minority voting rights in decades, and South Carolina's impact is inevitable, either way, says one law school professor.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The director of South Carolina's environmental agency is scheduled to speak at a meeting focusing on water quality.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has overturned a settlement involving the estate of James Brown, saying a former attorney general didn't follow the late soul singer's wishes in putting together the deal.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) _ Authorities say someone stole nearly $19,000 worth of Girl Scout cookies from a warehouse in Spartanburg.

Wednesday, the South Carolina Highway Patrol trained for an active shooter scenario. ABC Columbia News went behind the scenes to see how the officers train.

As the Nation's Capitol immortalizes civil rights icon Rosa Parks in bronze, leaders in the Capitol City want it known a Midlands woman paved the way for Parks and others who would follow in the 1963 Civil Rights Movement.