ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina State University has finished the first building at its transportation research center after years of delay.

BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Early birds looking to run errands at the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles may want to cross Wednesday morning off their calendars.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Folks are ringing in the season in Beaufort County.

GAFFNEY, S.C. (AP) — Gaffney police are investigating the shooting death of a man found in a field.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Charleston County schools plan to pay 57 former custodial workers a total of $53,000.

BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) — Beaufort police are investigating the death of a man found shot in a car outside an apartment complex.

FLORENCE, S.C. (AP) — The Florence County library system has received a grant of more than $37,000 to create a virtual museum that will include an online tour of collection of the Florence Museum.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A former top recruit on the University of South Carolina women's soccer team has sued the school and five of its top officials saying she was denied a scholarship renewal because of unwanted advances.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A Simpsonville man has been charged with murder in the death of his wife, who was stabbed to death inside a Greenville County Walmart.

AIKEN, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina's former nuclear weapons complex is again offering the public an opportunity to tour the facility.

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the stabbing of a bank employee working inside a Greenville County Walmart.

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) — Fireworks and floats are helping usher in the holiday season in Mount Pleasant.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — New graduates at the Charleston School of Law are getting a chance to hear from one of the state's top jurists.