GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina attorney representing a state lawmaker in a U.S. House redistricting lawsuit alleging racial discrimination wants a federal judge removed from the case.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new study has found the majority of women in jail are facing mental health issues.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Conservation groups in two states have appealed South Carolina's water quality permit for the $650 million deepening of the Savannah River shipping channel.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Board of Education says it will try to resolve a dispute with Superintendent Mick Zais before Christmas.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Members of the Bulldog Battalion at South Carolina State University are being commissioned during a formal ceremony.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two members of Gov. Nikki Haley's staff have told senators her office did not pressure board members of the state's environmental agency to approve a permit allowing Georgia to expand the Savannah port.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Some students at Clemson University are attempting to raise awareness about alcohol use.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Employees at a former nuclear weapons site near Aiken are collecting toys for children this holiday season.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Activists in South Carolina are hoping to draw attention to the issue of unemployment insurance.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — More than 400 people gathered on the hanger deck of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Charleston Harbor to mark the 70th anniversary the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina economists say the state's economy is going to remain fragile through the coming year but employment is expected to inch upward 2 percent.