COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's graduating seniors slightly improved their scores on the ACT college entrance exam for the fourth consecutive year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Members of the faculty, staff and leaders of several student organizations are hosting an event to welcome students of color to the University of South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says she needs all state agencies to take a good look at how they're handling information security.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Canadian company has proposed a land swap to develop a gold mine in Lancaster County.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is meeting with the heads of her various Cabinet agencies.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Unemployment in South Carolina was unchanged in July.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina's incoming freshmen are hearing from the author of a novel about a supposed cure for aging.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Memorial services are being held for a South Carolina teenager whose body was found in a grave outside Elgin.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The shooting death of a single mother during a botched early-morning robbery in Columbia has become a rallying cry for not letting suspects of violent crime post bond and return to the streets.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the appeal of a Sumter man who killed a 12-year-old trick-or-treater in 2008 by answering a Halloween knock on his door with a barrage of bullets from an AK-47.

ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. (AP) — A 33-year-old St. Matthews woman is accused of fatally stabbing a 72-year-old man while robbing him.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former Columbia firefighter who pleaded guilty to planning a duplex fire has been sentenced to a year of house arrest.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Richland County man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for shooting at highway troopers last year in downtown Columbia after a high-speed chase.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a Columbia father already in jail on charges involving the death of his 2-month-old son faces additional allegations of abusing his 1-year-old daughter.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Emails between the State Ethics Commission and Gov. Nikki Haley's attorney show she agreed to pay a fine and end allegations over donors' missing addresses only after irritated commissioners nearly took an agreement off the table and called a public hearing.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The operator of the Southern Connector toll road in Greenville County wants the state to help collect money from those did not pay for using the road.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina is preparing for an influx of about 4,900 freshmen for the fall semester.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — Officials with the Department of Natural Resources are searching for a Timmonsville man missing after going boating on Lake Marion.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Rep. Mike Anthony of Union says he wants to lead South Carolina's public schools.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three South Carolina groups are receiving a total of $2 million to help South Carolinians sign up for insurance under the federal health care law.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Education Department says the class of 2013 was offered a record $1.15 billion in college scholarships.

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — A jury in Sumter has found 53-year-old Timothy Dingle guilty of two counts of murder and first-degree arson in a fire that killed two children.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Business owners and managers in Columbia have a second chance to learn more about financial statements.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Associated Press South Carolina daybook for Thursday, Aug. 15

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The prosecutor in Orangeburg says the former police chief in Eutawville has been charged with misconduct in the shooting death of a man two years ago.