COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved a bill strengthening the state's open records law.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Investors should soon be getting back some of the millions they entrusted with a South Carolina trio that is currently serving decades in prison for a scam.

LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Federal officials have unsealed a new indictment against seven individuals, including some with military ties, who were allegedly involved in a drug trafficking scheme and murder-for-hire plot.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Attorneys for a former Anderson County councilman accused of running a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme say they need more time before appearing in court.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Charter carrier Vision Airlines is offering seasonal service from Columbus to Myrtle Beach, S.C.

SENECA, S.C. (AP) — Officials are investigating the death of a man who was in custody of narcotics officers in Oconee County.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The Beaufort County grand jury has indicted a Sumter man on a murder charge for a crash involving a stolen fire truck earlier this year.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 77-year-old Chesterfield woman is being honored as South Carolina's Mother of the Year.

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — The Horry County Sheriff's Office is helping county residents protect their identities.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A Charleston city employee has been arrested and accused of embezzling about $4,000.

ST. STEPHEN, S.C. (AP) — Berkeley County sheriff's deputies say a 23-year-old St. Stephen man has been shot to death.

CASSATT, S.C. (AP) — Kershaw County sheriff's deputies say a man has been arrested in the shooting death of his brother.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort County sheriff's deputies are looking for six people they think took about $15,000 worth of sunglasses from a store in the Bluffton area.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved a bill directing $2.5 million in state cigarette tax collections toward cancer screening.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina House has approved a measure aimed at turning abandoned buildings into bustling commercial space.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Senate has given key approval to a bill allowing South Carolina to borrow $120 million to deepen the Charleston harbor if the federal government doesn't pay its share.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The patriotic nonprofit known as Celebrate Freedom Foundation is joining forces with Army recruiters to help bolster science and math lessons for students at two South Carolina high schools.