COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley says the state had to change the parameters of a proposed contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers because none of the three bids received met qualifications.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A group of defense lawyers wants an independent panel of scientists, defense lawyers and others in the judicial community to investigate a power outage that caused a computer crash at the State Law Enforcement Division.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — An Orangeburg middle school teacher has been charged with physically and psychologically abusing her mother.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina regulators have dropped plans for a solar energy forum next month after getting complaints from a group of utilities that provide electricity to mostly rural areas.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Budget and Control Board meets today to review a contract to continue credit monitoring for South Carolina taxpayers less than a month after agreeing to the proposal. The agenda of the special meeting doesn't say why the board is reviewing the work it did with almost no discussion July 30.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Some 170 students who attend Midlands Tech and are working to transfer to the University of South Carolina are moving onto the big campus.

WINNSBORO, S.C. (AP) — A company that makes televisions is moving a plant from China to Fairfield County, bringing 500 new jobs.

KERSHAW, S.C. (AP) — Lancaster County deputies say they have arrested one man and are looking for another in a shooting death at a Kershaw home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Celebrated South Carolina lawyer Ron Motley has died at the age of 68.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state Revenue Department and education leaders have told lawmakers they are preparing to implement South Carolina's first private school choice plan.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — This week's flurry of welcome events is over and the press of classes is now reality for University of South Carolina's new students.

LAKE CITY, S.C. (AP) — A new report shows that this year's inaugural Artfields arts festival in Lake City had an economic impact of about $5 million for the area.

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.