CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Charleston-area furniture chain which owned a store where nine firefighters died four years ago is going out of business.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — A man convicted of drinking in public and resisting arrest is suing the Beaufort Police Department, claiming an officer deliberately slammed on his brakes to injure the man while he was in the back seat.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Gov. Nikki Haley has named an acting chief of South Carolina's insurance agency following the director's abrupt resignation.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An Internet company is suing a former employee, saying he left the firm and took his 17,000 Twitter followers with him.

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Military officials say three Fort Hood soldiers have died in Afghanistan from injuries sustained when an improvised explosive device was detonated.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say heavy drinking led to the death of a 19-year-old Clemson University student at an off-campus apartment last month.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Greenville police say a man in an SUV tried to convince a woman he was a police officer and have her pull into a vacant lot.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A 91-year-old newlywed says she expects to spend a dozen more years with her 92-year-old spouse following their wedding at a retirement home on James Island.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — An assistant principal at Shell Point Elementary School is suing the Beaufort school system, claiming she's been repeatedly passed over for promotion because of age and race discrimination.

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — An aircraft maintenance company is creating 150 jobs in Horry County.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — Local businesses are rallying together to raise money for the family of an Aiken police officer killed in the line of duty.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The head of South Carolina's insurance agency has resigned, 11 months after Gov. Nikki Haley picked him for the position.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Board members for the Department of Health and Environmental Control are meeting to discuss replacing the agency's retiring director.

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson is unveiling his agenda for 2012 in a series of news conferences across the 2nd congressional district.

FOLLY BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Folly Beach County Park, hit hard by Hurricane Irene, is in real danger of washing away completely, and officials are hoping to come up with a solution.