COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — BC-SC--Daybook

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 20-year-old Clemson University student has been crowned the new Miss South Carolina.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — About 50 motorcycle riders from the American Legion are bringing some Christmas joy in July to veterans in Charleston.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's summertime, and one Columbia gathering is celebrating all things tomato.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Vetoes that legislators will consider overriding when they return this week include budget items that expand residential schools for talented students and that upgrade schools for troubled teens.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Heartfelt letters penned by a South Carolina soldier who wrote about surviving combat and was later killed in Vietnam are finally reaching his family.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. attorney in Columbia has settled a health care fraud case against a Myrtle Beach doctor accused of overbilling government-sponsored health plans for patients he'd not seen.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 58-year-old Nashville, Tenn., man is missing and presumed drowned in the Chattooga River after his commercial raft overturned in the rapids.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — An advocate for victims of abuse says the domestic violence deaths of five Oconee County residents in a week highlight the need for a local shelter.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The commission tasked with representing South Carolina's interests when it comes to dredging the Savannah River has taken on a higher profile as it wades into several legal disputes over the $650 million project.

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's peach season, and South Carolina is celebrating the fuzzy fruit.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Farm Bureau Insurance says it is dropping about 3,000 South Carolina home insurance customers after paying out millions in storm-related claims last year.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Several law officers are to thank for the safe return of a stranded dolphin to waters near Beaufort.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A state judge is considering a challenge of the expanding cruise industry in Charleston.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's dropout rate has declined for the third consecutive year, with 365 fewer high school students dropping out compared to the previous school year.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Folly Beach voters will decide in November whether they want to make permanent a ban on alcohol on the beach.

GREAT FALLS, S.C. (AP) — A Chester County soldier is not heading to Afghanistan after his home burned earlier this week.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A Charlotte man has been arrested after drug enforcement agents found 128 marijuana plants growing in a South Carolina home.