ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina volunteers are herding some 72 jumbo jumping frogs so kids can compete at the annual Mayor's Frog Jump in Rock Hill.

BOWMAN, S.C. (AP) — While the warm, dry spring and winter has been good for tourism in South Carolina, it's not been so good for farmers who are looking for rain as the height of the planting season nears.

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.