COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) The Associated Press South Carolina daybook for Tuesday, Dec. 17 No Scheduled Events.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina senators are pre-filing proposals for the legislative session that resumes in January. Tuesday is the last day for senators to potentially give their ideas a head start for 2014. House members' last pre-filing deadline…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some 150 South Carolina Army National Guard engineers are home from Afghanistan in time for the holidays. Members of the 122nd Engineer Battalion returned to a lively greeting from family and friends Monday evening following a…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina health officials are launching a new effort to review deaths associated with pregnancy. The Department of Health and Environmental Control this week announced the creation of a committee that will meet regularly to try…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina has chosen a specialist in international business from North Carolina as the new dean for the Darla Moore School of Business. USC provost Michael Amiridis says 56-year-old Peter Brews takes over…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A House panel is considering ethics allegations against Rep. Harold Mitchell. The House Ethics Committee on Tuesday will consider the accusations and his explanations. The Spartanburg Democrat told his colleagues last month that he kept poor…

A smoke detector is being credited with helping save a family from a burning home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Three men are being sentenced for their roles in running an illegal gambling business in Columbia. A federal judge on Wednesday is set to hand down sentences for Brett Parker, Jack Parker and Douglas…

MANNING, S.C. (AP) âone space€one space” Some South Carolina 5th graders have completed a program that state officials hope will help them stay away from gangs. On Wednesday, 75 students from Manning Elementary School are graduating from G.R.E.A.T., which stands…

A top official...here locally...is stepping down from his position.

While the two winners of Tuesday night's Mega Millions drawing for $636 million bought their tickets in Georgia and California, South Carolina is still seeing some luck of its own.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — The first of some 7,000 Fort Jackson Army soldiers are starting their annual two-week holiday leave. Army spokeswoman Kara Motosicky says the soldiers in basic training begin departing Wednesday evening just before midnight. The troops…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials say they may have to reconstruct the entire ventilation system that heats, cools and filters the air in the operating rooms at the Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Columbia. Dorn VA officials say they…

Two children are dead following an apartment fire this morning in Irmo.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge won't throw out wiretap evidence against a former South Carolina State University trustee. U.S. District Judge David Norton on Wednesday also denied a request by Jonathan Pinson's attorneys that a racketeering charge against…