ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Winthrop University is searching for a new president for the first time in nearly a quarter century, and the South Carolina college is offering the public a chance to chime in.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Hospitality Association's former accounting director says an online betting addiction led to her taking about $500,000 from the group and gambling it all away.

JEDBURG, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a body found on an Interstate 26 entrance ramp was a woman whose was kidnapped and her car was taken at gunpoint hours earlier.

YORK, S.C. (AP) — Prosecutors say a 49-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his drug dealer as he tried to collect money he was owed.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have identified the Ohio pilot of a plane that crashed at the Anderson Regional Airport while practicing takeoffs and landings.

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort County deputies say a security guard at a gated community in Bluffton has been arrested after he was caught taping female co-workers in a bathroom.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County deputies are trying to figure out who shot a 43-year-old man found dead in a running car.

DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say two Darlington County School District employees have been arrested after surveillance video from a school bus showed them hitting and pushing a 10-year-old special needs student.

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — It's been three years since the most devastating wildfire in South Carolina history. And forestry officials say it's not a matter of if, but simply when, another will occur. The 2009 fire near North Myrtle Beach scorched about 19,000 acres, destroyed 76 homes and damaged 100 more.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities around South Carolina are hoping to cut down on prescription drug abuse by rounding up unwanted and expired medications.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia University School of Medicine is making some changes.

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — It's a big day for the aeronautics industry in South Carolina. Boeing is rolling out the first if its 787 airliners made at its new $750 million assembly plant in North Charleston.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — A Rock Hill man has been arrested in the beating death of a man earlier this year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says educators and politicians of both parties must work together to ensure a quality education for all students.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Oconee County authorities say a man who refused to surrender to police after his wife called 911 and said he was firing gunshots in their house gave up peacefully after an eight-hour standoff.