CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Spoleto Festival USA is wrapping up its 36th season in Charleston with music and fireworks.

MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. (AP) — About 100 members of the South Carolina Air National Guard's 169th Fighter Wing are on their way to Afghanistan.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — People with golf carts may drive that farther on streets and roads in South Carolina starting this fall.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina veteran of World War II who helped drive German forces from France says he's pleased to be recognized with France's highest military award, the Legion of Honor.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Some Myrtle Beach residents want a new helicopter ride attraction near their home to just fly away.

PORT ROYAL, S.C. (AP) — The sale of 52 acres of land in Port Royal owned by the South Carolina State Ports Authority has been delayed until next month.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — The Greenville Zoo has some new guests — a pair of rare African forest monkeys.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Legislative measures to hire more judges, give non-violent offenders another chance and provide a free vaccine to seventh graders are among those that made it to the finish line in the South Carolina Legislature.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nineteen people have been arrested in the Carolinas as part of a two-year investigation into gun and drug crimes.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A jury has awarded a Hilton Head Island municipal judge more than $6 million in a defamation lawsuit.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies say they have solved a nearly 6-year-old shooting death at a Columbia apartment.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The lawyer for the mother of a South Carolina toddler missing since late last year is asking a judge to throw out a charge against her and release her from jail.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Deputies say they are trying to figure out how a burglary suspect ended up dead at the bottom of some stairs in a Spartanburg County basement.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has awarded South Carolina's highest civilian honor to retiring Sen. Dick Elliott of North Myrtle Beach.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The House Ethics Committee is meeting behind closed doors to discuss how to proceed with its investigation into Gov. Nikki Haley, a week after voting to reopen a complaint.