COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The U.S. attorney in Columbia has settled a health care fraud case against a Myrtle Beach doctor accused of overbilling government-sponsored health plans for patients he'd not seen.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 58-year-old Nashville, Tenn., man is missing and presumed drowned in the Chattooga River after his commercial raft overturned in the rapids.

WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — An advocate for victims of abuse says the domestic violence deaths of five Oconee County residents in a week highlight the need for a local shelter.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The commission tasked with representing South Carolina's interests when it comes to dredging the Savannah River has taken on a higher profile as it wades into several legal disputes over the $650 million project.

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — It's peach season, and South Carolina is celebrating the fuzzy fruit.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Farm Bureau Insurance says it is dropping about 3,000 South Carolina home insurance customers after paying out millions in storm-related claims last year.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Several law officers are to thank for the safe return of a stranded dolphin to waters near Beaufort.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A state judge is considering a challenge of the expanding cruise industry in Charleston.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's dropout rate has declined for the third consecutive year, with 365 fewer high school students dropping out compared to the previous school year.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Folly Beach voters will decide in November whether they want to make permanent a ban on alcohol on the beach.

GREAT FALLS, S.C. (AP) — A Chester County soldier is not heading to Afghanistan after his home burned earlier this week.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A Charlotte man has been arrested after drug enforcement agents found 128 marijuana plants growing in a South Carolina home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — University of South Carolina maritime archaeologists are planning to teach students how to dive off the state's coast and uncover the secrets of an old shipwreck.

BE AUFORT, S.C. (AP) — The Beaufort Water Festival is scheduled to open for its 57th annual summer run on the South Carolina coast.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A woman has told Spartanburg County sheriff's deputies that her husband beat her because she dyed her hair.