SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg plans a public meeting to discuss whether the city should close its indoor swimming pool and a community center.

SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. (AP) — The Air Force's largest F-16 combat fighter wing is getting a new commander at South Carolina's Shaw Air Force Base.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Most people are familiar with the Underground Railroad that enabled escaped slaves find freedom in the North before the Civil War.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — The annual marsh tacky horse races are being held on the beach at Hilton Head Island.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former security guard has filed a lawsuit alleging that there are lapses in security surrounding SCANA's hydroelectric plant at the Lake Murray dam.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Police warned The Citadel more than a decade ago about questionable behavior involving counselors and campers at the school's Charleston campus.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Susan Rowell, publisher of The Lancaster News, has been elected president of the South Carolina Press Association.

BLUFFTON, S.C. (AP) — A Bluffton elementary school has called in a team of nurses to help eradicate an outbreak of lice among students.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Majestic giant oak trees that have stood in South Carolina for generations are dying off at an alarming rate, thanks to stingy rainfall and a persistent fungus.

ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — A group of Anderson residents have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the regional water system, claiming they became seriously ill because of safety lapses.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina state park is marking St. Patrick's Day with a celebration of raptors and reptiles.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Candidates are beginning to file to run for the South Carolina Legislature and Congress, including the new 7th District along the coast.

ATLANTIC, Va. (AP) — A planned launch of five rockets from coastal Virginia that's aimed at learning more about the upper level jet stream has been rescheduled again.

ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University has named an acting president until the school can choose an interim president.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is suggesting ways to get the nation's harbors deepened to handle the larger ships that will be calling with the widening of the Panama Canal in two years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A new South Carolina law officially declares February as African-American History Month, 36 years after former President Gerald Ford recognized the first month-long tribute to black history.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Police say they have arrested a man who used his smartphone to send a pornographic video to several televisions in a Best Buy store in Greenville.