BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — An 82-year-old Florence woman is dead after her car crossed the median on Interstate-20 in Lee County and collided with a tractor-trailer.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — A Gilbert man has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a drunken driving crash that killed a 6-year-old girl on New Year's Day 2012.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Two Mexican restaurants in the Upstate are paying nearly $75,000 in back wages to 13 employees.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Business and government leaders in Columbia are gathering for a session on economic development.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A national research group says South Carolina collected 18 percent less taxes per capita over a decade, ranking 49th in growth.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley's chief spokesman has stepped down to take a role in her expected re-election campaign.

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Officials are investigating a fire that destroyed two ambulances at the emergency medical service office in Bishopville.

EASLEY, S.C. (AP) — A York County woman has drowned while tubing on the Saluda River near Easley.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Public officials are getting together to talk about a service can help pregnant women and new mothers in South Carolina.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Columbia's mayor and police chief are gathering community and church leaders to discuss how the city can stop gangs.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley is speaking to another group of law enforcement officials.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A sheriff says claims made by a white supremacist couple that they were involved with several different killings and other crimes across South Carolina have not panned out.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — A developer is trying to lease part of an Orangeburg office building with some special features put in because the previous tenant was a federal judge.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County authorities are holding a yard sale to help the family of a deputy and his wife who died in a wreck.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a 25-year-old Columbia man has been arrested and charged with smashing a $25,000 antique fountain in a fenced-in courtyard of a downtown Charleston home.

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — The first woman to graduate from The Citadel has announced her plans to challenge U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in the Republican primary in 2014.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Officials in Columbia are scheduled to host a kickoff event for the National Night Out.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Visitors to Congaree National Park are going to encounter a closed visitor center on Sundays and Mondays come this fall.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — The new president of South Carolina State University is proposing adding six administrative positions he says are badly needed.

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a West Columbia man has strangled his roommate in the home they shared

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former employee of the South Carolina agency that polices workplace safety has received $120,000 to settle a dispute over his firing.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have charged a 29-year-old Columbia man with killing another man at an apartment complex in a shooting that stemmed from an argument between middle school gang members.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of South Carolina's U.S. Senate races in 2014 may soon be getting more crowded.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Several places in the South Carolina Upstate along with Florence have seen their rainiest July since records have been kept.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Three Republican governors who are potential 2016 presidential candidates are helping Gov. Nikki Haley raise money toward her expected bid for a second term.