CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — The driver who struck a tent full of sleeping women and killed one at the All Good Music Festival denies responsibility for the accident.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is using money from a book advance and leftover inaugural cash to help launch a community aid foundation for the state's poorest counties.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's Legislative Audit Council has appointed Perry Simpson as its new director.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The state-owned utility will begin raising rates next year to pay for two nuclear power plants.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's tall ship, the Spirit of South Carolina, is for sale.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — The subsidy for the Daufuskie Island ferry on South Carolina's south coast has been increased but some Beaufort County Council members wonder if there is a cheaper alternative.

MYRTLE BECAH, S.C. (AP) — Horry-Georgetown Technical College is doubling the size of its culinary arts program in the next three years to serve the needs of hundreds of restaurants on South Carolina's Grand Strand.

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Former York County Councilman Paul Lindemann has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to lying on a mortgage application.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Organizers say what will be known as Myrtle Beach Bike Week West will be held in Florence in March.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A civil lawsuit has been filed against the Summerville private school that once employed a man now accused of molesting nine boys.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Republican Party says it will provide only the $20,000-per-candidate filing fee toward the cost of running next month's GOP presidential primary.

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) — A Pickens County detective says a woman charged with killing four members of her family had $700,000 worth of life insurance policies taken out on the victims.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Dozens of middle school students from the South Carolina Lowcountry can learn about the Civil War as part of a celebration on the James Island History trail.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. workers are distributing hundreds of holiday baskets to needy families in the Lowcountry.

LEXINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Lexington police say two women stole presents a motel was collecting for needy children.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Environmental groups have reached an agreement with Duke Energy and Progress Energy over their proposed merger.