COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — While Gov. Nikki Haley berates senators for killing her signature issue, House leaders contend she needs to point the finger at herself, too.

CHESTER, S.C. (AP) — Deputies say they have made an arrest in a fatal shooting nearly three years ago in Chester County.

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say 2012 is shaping up to be a deadly year in Lancaster County.

ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) — A man is scheduled for sentencing next week on federal charges related to a scheme to avoid paying taxes on thousands of cartons of cigarettes.

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — A deal to build a new hospital for Bamberg and Barnwell counties could be up in the air after the company that wanted to build the new facility didn't purchase the old hospital's assets by the end of June.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a 70-year-old man likely shot and killed his wife in their Walhalla home, then turned the gun on himself, leaving his grandchildren to find their bodies.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The State Ports Authority plans a special meeting to consider a contract that could lead to an inland port possibly somewhere in the Upstate.

YORK, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a driver hit and killed a man on a York street, when drove away without calling authorities.

CLOVER, S.C. (AP) — York County sheriff's deputies are investigating the shooting death of a man and the wounding of a woman in Clover.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The public is getting a chance to dismantle a Charleston art exhibit that was once part of the Spoleto Festival USA.

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have arrested the manager of a Cayce recycling plant and two of its co-owners after a massive fire last week.

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — Georgetown County deputies say they have found a dead dog whose legs were bound with tape not far from where firefighters rescued a tied up dog who was tossed into a canal.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped murder charges against a Florence man in the deaths of his wife and her mother.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a North Charleston police officer shot himself, then claimed he was hit by gunfire in a struggle with two suspects.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley vetoed 74 items in the Legislature's $6.7 billion budget and seven items in a separate bill spending $100 million from a rainy-day account that wasn't needed. They would remove a combined $67.5 million. A sampling:

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say three women died in a one-car wreck on Interstate 95 north near Hardeeville.