COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say they have won a conviction against the last of 14 defendants who ran a large-scale drug ring in Allendale, Hampton and Barnwell counties.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Army Medal of Honor recipient Charles Murray Jr. is being lauded as a humble recipient of the nation's highest military award who put the safety of his soldiers before his own.

PIEDMONT, S.C. (AP) — Griffin Thermal Products is moving to a larger facility in Greenville County and expects to create at least 50 new jobs.

BISHOPVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Lee County deputies say they have arrested three people who were getting ready to throw duct-taped packages of marijuana, alcohol, cell phones and chargers over the fence at a South Carolina prison.

CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) — Clemson center Dalton Freeman says the Tigers have worked hard this preseason to learn the fast-paced offense of new coordinator Chad Morris.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston-area leaders plan to go to the state Transportation Department later this month with a plan to create a bike lane out of a traffic lane on busy U.S. 17 over a Charleston drawbridge.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A recently fired officer of the Cherokee County jail has been charged with a sex crime involving a 7-year-old girl.

GEORGETOWN, S.C. (AP) — A Coast Guard helicopter has rescued two boaters reported overdue near Georgetown in a 15-foot jon boat.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — A Beaufort County judge is expected to rule soon in a dispute between county officials and a black church over cutting trees at the Hilton Head Island airport.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lottery officials say a Calhoun County woman won the top, $200,000 prize of a scratch-off ticket.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — A North Augusta man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in connection to the 2009 fatal shooting of a 35-year-old man who was attempting to buy marijuana.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Landscape architects in Charleston are joining their counterparts from around the nation to educate people about the importance of designing the environment around homes and buildings.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Greenville police are warning drivers they better stop speeding through school zones.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Business leaders in Charleston are getting a briefing on activities at the South Carolina Ports Authority and a tour of the Port of Charleston.