NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (AP) — A North Augusta man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty to the pistol-whipping murder of an elderly man who tried to talk him out of getting in trouble.

NEWBERRY, S.C. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for 14 counties as voters across South Carolina cast their ballots in the Republican presidential primary.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's attorney general is asking the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation into potential voter fraud.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is looking past the South Carolina primary with plans to make the most of a handful of caucus states that could be more receptive to his libertarian message.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Republicans established their presidential primary more than three decades ago as way to raise the state's national political profile. They succeeded beyond their imagination.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As the observance of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War continues, artwork depicting the Underground Railroad is going on display in the city where the war began.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two of the country's top jurists are scheduled to address a South Carolina Bar meeting.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Comedian Stephen Colbert, who says he's running for president of "The United States of South Carolina," is urging voters there to cast their ballots in Saturday's presidential primary for former GOP hopeful Herman Cain.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal report has faulted the pilot for a medical helicopter for a crash in Georgetown County that killed all three people on board more than two years ago.

CAYCE, S.C. (AP) — The dynamics of the GOP presidential race in South Carolina have shifted dramatically this week after a series of events left the campaign in turmoil and left countless voters undecided about who to support.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina football strength coach Craig Fitzgerald has resigned after three seasons and will be replaced by assistant Joe Connolly.

LANCASTER, S.C. (AP) — Lancaster County deputies say a mother of three young children has been shot to death in her home.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Rival presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are set to appear at the same barbecue restaurant at the same time on the day of the South Carolina primary.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina prosecutor says officials will launch an investigation into fake emails purporting to be from Newt Gingrich's presidential campaign.