MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Myrtle Beach won't start its summer tourist season with the traditional Sun Fun Festival, but organizers hope to bring back a revised version next year.

UNION, S.C. (AP) — A patient at a Union County hospital faces a charge of possessing explosives after hospital security found a device in his bag and police later found pipe bombs at his home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The state education board has approved expanding a program that puts enthusiastic, non-education college graduates into hard-to-fill slots in South Carolina's underprivileged schools.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A man will serve 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to a killing that took place nearly 35 years ago.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Superintendent Mick Zais is asking legislative leaders to add $36 million for special education to the 2012-13 budget after a federal education agency denied his request to delay a funding cut.

PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Pedestrians and bicyclists can see for themselves what the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island looks like.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a woman, then dismembering her and leaving her hands and feet at the house of a another woman to get her to pay $10,000 in blackmail.

MONCKS CORNER, S.C. (AP) — Santee Cooper says it will negotiate with a Mississippi power company over a small stake in two new nuclear plants being built in South Carolina.

IRMO, S.C. (AP) — Richland County deputies are trying to figure out how two people ended up shot to death in a home near Irmo.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina military veterans are sharing memories and war stories after their visit to the World War II memorial in Washington.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The mayor of Florence says the city is more united, stronger and more attractive than it was three years ago.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of people attended, but there was no consensus on a future path for South Carolina State University during a forum at the historically black school in Orangeburg.

BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) — A Bamberg woman has died after a fire destroyed her home.

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A South Carolina man will spend between 13 and 18 years in prison for the slaying of a carnival worker in Wyoming.

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (AP) — A 19-year-old worker has died after he was trapped between two trailers at a North Augusta trucking company.