SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Spartanburg County authorities say they will not charge a convicted felon who shot and killed two men he said were trying to rob his apartment.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Senate's tweaks to the House spending plan for 2012-13 may include higher raises for state workers and sending more money to local governments.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities have arrested the mayor of Norway, saying he didn't have the authority to be a police officer when he pulled over a state trooper who had just given him a ticket.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The University of South Carolina's community reading group is wrapping up its session with an address by British author Ian McEwan.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — Fort Jackson is holding an event to help military people with concerns about their mortgages or are moving because of a military transfer.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld is visiting Charleston to speak to cadets at The Citadel.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Artworks by University of South Carolina students and faculty are going to the highest bidders during the school's 57th annual auction.

FORT JACKSON, S.C. (AP) — A veteran of three tours in Iraq has taken command at Fort Jackson in Columbia.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A Republican senator wants residents to be able to carry a gun openly.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The State Ethics Commission has opened a public inquiry into Gov. Nikki Haley's campaign finances.

CONWAY, S.C. (AP) — Things are a bit safer in Horry County now that 135 guns and rifles have been taken off the streets.

YORK, S.C. (AP) — Federal regulators have begun a special inspection of a South Carolina nuclear plant that lost power last week.