CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina property developers say they're increasing construction activity thanks to a tax break that critics say will take more money away from local governments and schools.
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C (AP) — South Carolina deputies say a shotgun-toting man kicked in a church door, then disarmed by congregants who saw the armed man coming.
Spring is still more than a week away, but Pollen has already started to cover the Midlands.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The chairwoman of the board that oversees the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is stepping down.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A man who allegedly shot a Spartanburg police officer as several policemen tried to arrest him has been sentenced to the maximum of 30 years in prison.
ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Talk show host Oprah Winfrey has come to South Carolina for a jailhouse interview with a mother who admitted suffocating her two children.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley insists that South Carolina's corporate income tax must be eliminated to help lure jobs to the state.
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 24-year-old mother of five has been killed after she tried to stop a runaway SUV.
HARTSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Crews are searching for a second day for two men missing in a Darlington County lake.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Hundreds of people have turned out for rallies in Greenville and Columbia to call for justice in the killing of a 17-year-old man in Florida.
LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — The Lancaster County Sheriff says he is frustrated that no one is coming forward with information about who killed a man who was out on bail for a murder charge.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina State Ports Authority has approved additional work on a $525 million container terminal at the old Charleston Naval Base.
CAMP HILL, Pa. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is making the case for Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney in Pennsylvania, telling a gathering of conservatives that Romney has her support because he's a Washington, D.C., outsider and has been tested in the private sector.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An attorney for South Carolina's prison system says claims the agency has been mistreating mentally ill inmates are baseless.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a 43-year-old Blythewood woman has pleaded guilty to stealing nearly $700,000 from a group of doctors who trusted her to keep their books.
ABBEVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say a 50-year-old Anderson man apparently drowned in Lake Secession in Abbeville County while trying to retrieve his boat.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Advice on healthy eating, exercise for children and disease prevention are among the topics at a health fair at the South Carolina State Museum.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina organization is putting a little sweetness into the fight against AIDS and HIV.
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a husband and wife from Clover, S.C., riding in an SUV have been killed after a sudden gust of wind during a thunderstorm knocked a tree down on their vehicle.
ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — An official overseeing work to hash out where the state line lies between North Carolina and South Carolina says fewer than two dozen people have expressed concerns that the new survey puts them in a different state.
